How effective is government spending on environmental protection in a developing country?
| Autor: | Saeed Moshiri, Arian Daneshmand |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Government spending
Government Ecological footprint Public economics 020209 energy Developing country Subsidy 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Public good Standard of living 01 natural sciences Kuznets curve 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Economics General Economics Econometrics and Finance 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Economic Studies. 47:789-803 |
| ISSN: | 0144-3585 |
| DOI: | 10.1108/jes-12-2018-0458 |
| Popis: | PurposeThe objective of this paper is twofold as follows: first, it explores the relationship between economic growth and the environment in the context of the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) in Iran, as a semi-industrialized and largest developing economy in the Middle East. Second, it investigates the effectiveness of government spending on environmental protection.Design/methodology/approachThe paper uses the ecological footprint data and an ARDL model to gauge the income and government spending effects on environmental improvement. This method avoids the problems associated with using the regression including a squared income.FindingsThe results find no evidence for a turning point in the income–pollution relationship and no significant impact of government spending on reducing footprint. We conjecture that the structure of the economy and the weak institutional quality may explain the results.Research limitations/implicationsThis includes limited time series data on institutional quality indices and their small variations over time.Practical implicationsCreating an environmental fund using the oil windfall and applying environmental tax/subsidies policies will help address increasing environmental challenges in energy-rich developing countries. Education and public awareness about environmental problems and their impacts on the standard of living are also nonexpensive but effective ways to increase citizen's engagement towards improving environment.Social implicationsThe EKC may take different forms in various countries depending on their economic structure and institution qualities.Originality/valueThe paper uses the ARDL method rather than a commonly used regression with a squared income to estimate the EKC. It also uses ecological footprint as a measure of environmental damage. Exploring government effectiveness in managing public good is also novel in the empirical literature. |
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