The impact of government environmental protection policy on CO2 emissions

• Published in: Market economy problems no. 1; pp. 169 - 184
• Main Authors: Trofimova, Elena A., Lapteva, Evgeniya V., Muzafarov, Nikita R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• ISSN: 2500-2325; 2500-2325
• DOI: 10.33051/2500-2325-2022-1-169-184

The subject/topic. The article examines and evaluates the parameters of state policy aimed at regulating the state of the environment for different groups of countries. Goals/Objectives. The aim of the work is to study the impact of government policy measures on the volume of CO2 emissions. Methodology. Authors studied and analyzed the trends in the state measures development in the field of environmental protection by groups of 30 developed and emerging countries for the period 2009-2018 and relevant scientific papers on the stated issues. In the empirical part of the study, models were built and evaluated to establish the relationship between CO2 emissions and government spending on environmental protection, tax revenues from pollution, production of environmental services and a number of control variables. The Results. An N-shaped relationship between tax revenues from environmental pollution and CO2 emissions was revealed, investments in environmental protection projects is significant for both groups of countries (they reduce emissions more strongly in developed economies), the hypothesis of the Kuznets Ecological Curve and the «pollution harbor» effect were confirmed for emerging countries. Conclusions/significance. Based on the results, authors formulated recommendations for improving environmental policy. Application. The empirical estimates of the environmental policy effectiveness parameters give the necessary information for sustainable control and management of pollution levels.