The dynamic linkages between economic growth, environmental quality and health in Greece

C. Katrakilidis, I. Kyritsis and V. Patsika

Applied Economics Letters, 2016, vol. 23, issue 3, 217-221

Abstract: Increasing economic activity ignoring environmental quality may distort economic growth, leading to a negative rate. The expected deterioration of health in the near future may lead to further environmental degradation, with a continuation of a spiral-type path towards worsening growth and efforts to catch up with the developed economies. Τhis article examines the dynamic interdependence between economic activity, health quality and environmental degradation for Greece over the period 1960-2012. We employ Kuznets-type models and apply several co-integration techniques along with Granger causality tests. The results reveal strong causal effects, running from income towards CO 2 and infant mortality. In the multivariate context, a significant long-run impact is directed towards infant mortality, with economic growth performing rather exogenously.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2015.1066482

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