Ahmad Jafari Samimi; Seyed Modiddin Ahmadpour
Volume 1, Issue 1 , January 2011, , Pages 55-72
Abstract
The purpose of present research is to estimate and evaluate the nature of relationship between environmental performance and economic growth in developed countries. Studies about this issue have emphasized the impact of environmental performance on economic growth. But in this study the ...
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The purpose of present research is to estimate and evaluate the nature of relationship between environmental performance and economic growth in developed countries. Studies about this issue have emphasized the impact of environmental performance on economic growth. But in this study the impact of economic growth on improvements in environmental performance is investigated, which is the point of distinction of this study in comparison many studies about this issue. In present research, relationship between environmental performance and economic growth in developed countries is analyzed by using panel data econometric methods for 2006- 2008. The results show that economic growth in developed countries on environmental performance has a negative impact in the interval studied so that, increase economic growth in these countries, may load to environmental degradation.
