Strategic Research Journal of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

Strategic Research Journal of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

Investigating the Effect of Value Added of the Industrial Sector on the CO2 Dioxide Discharge in Iran: Kuznets Curve Approach

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Morteza Tahami Pour Zarandi 1
samaneh abedi 2
Afshin safahan 3
sajjad fathollahi 4
1 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Shahid Beheshti University
2 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran.
3 Assistant Professor,, Payame Noor University,
4 Ms in economics, , Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
10.22047/srjasnr.2021.128796
Abstract
The focus of the countries on finding a higher economic growth leads to their neglect of the environment and its degradation. In this regard, the development of economic activities with the extraction of raw materials from natural resources and the environment will lead to the loss of environmental renewables and the increase of pollutants. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the growth of industrial production and the amount of pollution caused by it, especially carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. For this purpose, the Kuznets environmental curve and the data of the industrial units of ten employees and more for the period of 1967-2017 have been used. The results showed that if the value added of the industry sector changed by one percent, the carbon dioxide emission rate would increase by 2.38 percent, and if 1 percent of the population increase, carbon dioxide emissions of carbon dioxide would increase by 0.67 percent. And also Gross Domestic Product Increases at a Constant Price of 1%, the carbon dioxide emissions of carbon dioxide will decrease by 0.79 percent. According to results there will be a steady 8.74bn tones carbon dioxide emission in each period.
Keywords
Greenhouse Gases
Economic Growth
Sustainable Development
Kuznets Environmental Curve
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Strategic Research Journal of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Volume 6, Issue 1
June 2021
Pages 85-100