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Believe It Or Not: Covid 19 Environmental Effects Are More Negatives Than Positives

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  • Oduniyi, Oluwaseun Samuel

    (M&S Research Hub; UNISA)

  • Riveros, John

    (M&S Research Hub institute)

  • Hassan, Sherif Maher

    (M&S Research Hub; ERF; BUE; CNMS)

  • Citak, Ferhat

    (M&S Research Hub; Hitit University)

Abstract

In addition to altering drastically people's daily lives, Covid 19 has slowed down economic activities, imposed restrictions, and enforced lockdown, altogether causing significant effects on the environment. Studying the direction, magnitude, and durability of these effects carries a serious lesson for the whole world. Preliminarily evidence suggests that Covid 19 has temporarily improved air quality, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, and noise pollution, yet, due to lock-down, the flourishing of delivery services has pulled up the single-use plastics, increased the usages of vehicles by a lower ratio of passengers/vehicle, and raised demand for energy. Using the approach of the Ambiental Kuznets curve, we investigate the impact of Covid 19 total cases on the monthly average of carbon monoxide emissions measured in micrograms per cubic across a sample of developed, heavy polluters, economies from 2014 to 2020. Driscoll-Kraay regressions confirm the Covid-19 long-run polluting impact by increasing monoxide emissions in countries of analysis.

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  • Oduniyi, Oluwaseun Samuel & Riveros, John & Hassan, Sherif Maher & Citak, Ferhat, 2021. "Believe It Or Not: Covid 19 Environmental Effects Are More Negatives Than Positives," MSR Working Papers 5-2021, M&S Research Hub institute.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:msrwps:2021_005
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    Keywords

    COVID 19; Environment; Monoxide emissions; Driscoll-Kraay regressions;
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    JEL classification:

    • I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling

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