IS ECONOMIC GROWTH AND INDUSTRIAL GROWTH THE REASON FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION IN SAARC COUNTRIES

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  • Atif Khan Jadoon School of Economics, Department of Economics, University of the Punjab, Pakistan
  • Sania Akhtar
  • Ambreen Sarwar School of Economics, Department of Economics, University of the Punjab, Pakistan
  • Syeda Azra Batool BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY, MULTAN PAKISTAN
  • Sarvjeet Kaur Chatrath Canberra Business School, University of Canberra, Australia
  • Saima Liaqat Department of Economics,Lahore College for Women Universirty, Lahore

Abstract

In the last four decades,  the developing countries have built a heavy industrial base which is seen as a threat to the environment. The trade liberalization policies of the SAARC counties led them to increase the production for domestic use and exports. This increase in industrial output is a real threat to environmental degradation as the industrial share is quite significant in the GDP of the SAARC countries. The present study is designed to check the existence of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis and then use industry output as a regressor to see how it is affecting the environment. The panel regression models are used for estimation by taking data from 1980 to 2018. The results are obtained by using Newey-West standard robust errors. The results suggested that there exists a U-shape relationship between economic growth and Carbon Dioxide (CO2) while an inverted U-shape relationship is found between industrial growth and CO2. Furthermore, a unidirectional causality was observed between industrial growth, human capital, energy consumption, and CO2 while bidirectional causality was observed between urbanization and CO2. The present study suggests that there is a need to adopt environmental protection policies related to the industrial sector in the SAARC region.Keywords: Economic Growth, Idustrial Growth, Environmental DegradationJEL Classifications: Q43, Q54, R11DOI: https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.11769

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Author Biographies

Atif Khan Jadoon, School of Economics, Department of Economics, University of the Punjab, Pakistan

Assistant Professor,School of Economics,  Department of Economics, University of the Punjab, Pakistan

Syeda Azra Batool, BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY, MULTAN PAKISTAN

ASSITANT PROFESSORSCHOOL OF ECONOMICS

Sarvjeet Kaur Chatrath, Canberra Business School, University of Canberra, Australia

Assistant Professor, Canberra Business School, University of Canberra, Australia

Saima Liaqat, Department of Economics,Lahore College for Women Universirty, Lahore

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics,Lahore College for Women Universirty, Lahore

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2021-11-03

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Jadoon, A. K., Akhtar, S., Sarwar, A., Batool, S. A., Chatrath, S. K., & Liaqat, S. (2021). IS ECONOMIC GROWTH AND INDUSTRIAL GROWTH THE REASON FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION IN SAARC COUNTRIES. International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 11(6), 418–426. Retrieved from https://mail.econjournals.com/index.php/ijeep/article/view/11769

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