Abstract:

In this study, the relationship between economic growth and air pollution rates in Turkey during 1960-2013 period was examined. The test using the Engle-Granger cointegration test using GDP per capita and per capita carbondioxide emission rates resulted in a long-term relationship between economic growth and carbon dioxide emissions. At the same time, as a result of the Granger causality test applied to obtain information about the direction of therelationship, it has been determined that economic growth is an accurate correlation from carbon emissions.

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