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Assessment of the Impact of Agriculture and Industry on Air Pollution in the World Countries
Assessment of the Impact of Agriculture and Industry on Air Pollution in the World Countries

Author(s): Violeta Pukelienė, Viktorija Zevakinaitė
Subject(s): Agriculture, Energy and Environmental Studies, Economic development
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: Agriculture; Industry; Economic development; Air pollution;

Summary/Abstract: The theory of assessing the impact of different factors on air pollution, scientific research on air and environmental pollution are presented and analysed. According to the literature review, three research hypotheses are presented (agriculture, industry and economic growth have positive relationship with air pollution, but at the certain economic development level, relationship between economic growth and air pollution becomes negative), fixed-effect model is composed, 177 world countries in 1995–2014 are analysed. The assessment of results has shown that agriculture and industry have positive relationship with carbon dioxide emission. The data estimation has shown that economic development affect air pollution.

  • Issue Year: 13/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 65-79
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: English