Cognitive abilities and air pollution

• Authors: Raufhon Salahodjaev , Oybek Yuldashev , Bekhzod Omanbayev
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The link between intelligence and air pollution is subject to controversy. Some studies report that intelligence has insignificant effect in reducing the greenhouse gas emissions. By using carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions for a large set of countries we present further novel empirical evidence on the relation between level of intelligence and air pollution. Our findings suggest that the relation follows a U-shape pattern and resembles environmental Kuznets curve.

Keywords

EN

Intelligence, air pollution

• Publisher: Prague Development Center, Czech Republic
• Journal: Business and Economic Horizons
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 178-185

Dates

published

2016-12-10

Contributors

author

Raufhon Salahodjaev

• Central Asia Research Group, Uzbekistan. Westminster International University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan

author

Oybek Yuldashev

• Central Asia Research Group, Uzbekistan. Westminster International University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan

author

Bekhzod Omanbayev

• Westminster International University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan

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Identifiers

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.15208/beh.2016.14