Η επίδραση του Ακαθάριστου Εθνικού Προϊόντος (ΑΕΠ) στις εκπομπές αερίων του θερμοκηπίου CO2 από τον κατασκευαστικό και κτιριακό τομέα

Ζουμπάκη, Γεωργία

The effect of GDP on green house emissions CO2 from manufacturing, residential and commercial buildings

Master Thesis

Author

Ζουμπάκη, Γεωργία

Date

2022-04

Abstract

During the last decades CO2 emissions have increased to significant levels, attracting interest in further research. Many researches have been conducted in order to prove the strong interdependence of gross domestic product (GDP) and energy use with the result that any increase in national production causes an increase in CO2 emissions. Consequently, the adoption of political practices to increase GDP entails environmental degradation. The examination of the relation of these variables is the main research domain of the Kuznets environmental curve (EKC) theory. According to EKC, as income increases, the quality of the environment will deteriorate. There is a specific level in which the quality of the environment will start to improve despite the fact that income increases. Thus, an increase in economic growth will increase CO2 emissions initially. In this paper we examine the CO2 emissions from the manufacturing industry, residentials and business buildings in Greece during the period 1973-2014. During this period CO2 emissions (construction and buildings) have been significantly reduced. The energy use in Greece increases especially the last decade. We investigate the long run and short run relationship between GDP, CO2 emissions and energy use using appropriate econometric models. We include the variable of urban population to show the effect on CO2 emissions. This study also explores causal relationship between the variables using Wald tests and Granger causality model.

Postgraduate Studies Programme

Βιοοικονομία, Κυκλική Οικονομία και Βιώσιμη Ανάπτυξη

Department

Σχολή Οικονομικών, Επιχειρηματικών και Διεθνών Σπουδών. Τμήμα Οικονομικής Επιστήμης

Number of pages

Language

Greek

URI

https://dione.lib.unipi.gr/xmlui/handle/unipi/14353
http://dx.doi.org/10.26267/unipi_dione/1776

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