CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2008
| Author | Romanov, Alexander Vladimirovich |
|---|---|
| Title | Economic restructuring and air pollution in Russia in 1999-2006 |
| Summary | Concepts addressing the relationship between economic development and environmental performance of a state include the “environmental Kuznets curve”, the “pollution haven” hypothesis, and various theories connecting economic liberalization with increases in efficiency This thesis contributes empirical evidence testing and refining these theories by quantifying and analyzing the effects of the restructuring of the industrial sector in Russia in 1999-2006 on air pollution. The thesis specifically focuses on the effects that industrial restructuring as well as transformation of individual branches have on pollution intensity. General additive decomposition and Fisher Ideal Index decomposition techniques are utilized to distinguish between the effects of these two factors. The research reveals a rise of industrial emissions during 1999-2006 which accompanied economic growth. However, the overall pollution intensity of the Russian industrial sector has dramatically declined by 220% during this period. This significant decline in pollution intensity contrasts with the observations made in the 1990s which demonstrated that the Russian economy was shifting towards more pollution intensive branches. Although a further shift towards the “dirty four” industries (fossil fuel extraction, metallurgy, electricity generation and petrochemical sectors) has continued in 1999-2006, it has been much slower. Its negative effects were fully counteracted by changes in pollution intensity of individual industrial branches mainly attributed to significantly increased productivity. |
| Supervisor | Cherp, Aleh |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy MSc |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2008/romanov_alexander.pdf |
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