Impacts of Energy Efficiency and Economic Growth on Air Pollutant Emissions: Evidence from Angara–Yenisey Siberia

Yulia I. Pyzheva, Evgeniya V. Zander and Anton I. Pyzhev
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Yulia I. Pyzheva: School of Economics, Siberian Federal University, Svobodny Prospect 79, 660041 Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Evgeniya V. Zander: School of Economics, Siberian Federal University, Svobodny Prospect 79, 660041 Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Anton I. Pyzhev: School of Economics, Siberian Federal University, Svobodny Prospect 79, 660041 Krasnoyarsk, Russia

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 19, 1-10

Abstract: Environmental problems of urban and rural areas are now high on the agenda of industrialized countries, becoming a key challenge for regional-level policymaking. The mutual influence of population growth, economic and technological development, and the anthropogenic pressure on the environment is still insufficiently studied in many countries, including Russia. In this paper, this relationship is studied for the municipalities of Angara–Yenisey Siberia using an ensemble of the STIRPAT-like regression models, adapted according to the available data. We found that population size and gross municipal product were positively associated with pollutant emissions ( p < 0.01), while energy efficiency had no significant impact on air pollution. In addition to the poor national data quality and completeness issues, which can distort statistical conclusions, the cause of the observed lack of spatial correlation between energy efficiency and air pollutant emissions may be path dependence and an insufficient pace of transition to a greener economy. This leaves room for institutional transformations aimed at intensifying energy efficiency to reduce the environmental burden.

Keywords: air pollution; emissions; economic growth; energy intensity; industrial pollution; STIRPAT model; municipality; Angara–Yenisey Siberia; Russia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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