INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMEN AND CO2 EMISSIONS IN 6 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, 1960-2016: FRANCE, GERMANY, ITALY, SPAIN, SWITZERLAND AND UK

Maria-Carmen Guisan

Applied Econometrics and International Development, 2020, vol. 20, issue 1, 35-46

Abstract: We analyse industrial and non industrial development of 6 European countries, for the period 1960-2016, with particular emphasis on the period 2000-2016. We critize the excessive austerity restrictions, imposed to several countries by national and European policies, which have led to stagnation and even diminution of industrial production per capita, as in the cases of France, Italy, Spain and the UK for the period 2000-2016. We include the estimation of an econometric model, with a pool of 7 OECD countries, to show the positive impact of industry in non industrial production. Regarding CO2 Emissions it is outstanding the diminution of Total CO2 emissions in this group of six European countries, for the period 1970-2015, thanks to the educational level of population, moderation in population growth and diminution of emissions per capita. Switzerland presents both the highest industrial production per capita and the lowest levels of CO2 Emissions per capita. We wish to emphisaze that it is possible to conceal the increase of industry, and economic development, with environmental policies addressed to diminish total CO2 Emissions.

Keywords: European Industry; Environment; CO2 total emissions; education and development; population growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L6 O52 P28 Q5 Q51 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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