DETERMINANTS OF CO2 EMISSION IN MERCOSUR: THE RULE OF INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Daiana Cardoso
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Martins Noriller, Rafael, Arakaki, Katia Katsumi, Silva, Josimar Pires da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista brasileira de gestão e desenvolvimento regional
• Texto Completo: https://www.rbgdr.net/revista/index.php/rbgdr/article/view/5391
• topic: CO2 emission. Governmental outlays in Education. Renewable Energy

The aim of this research was to assess the impact of the governmental expenses with Education on CO2 emission in countries from Mercosur and other associate ones. It included annual data related from 1990 to 2014, obtained from World Bank (world development Indicators), through an online database (http://data.worldbank.org). As proxy for pollutant emissions, we used the variable CO2, which represents the emission of carbon dioxide in metric tons per capita. Final sample comprised eight countries, four from Mercosur itself (Argentina, Brazil Paraguay and Uruguay) and four associate countries (Chile, Peru, Colombia and Ecuador) in a 25-years consecutive period. According to data, it wasn't possible to infer that government's outlays on Education does not impact on CO2 emission neither in Mercosur nor in associate countries, what also does not support our first hypothesis. On the other hand, segregation on Education outlays showed there is a negative and significant relation between governmental expenses in Education per student (from secondary and tertiary teaching) and the CO2 emission in the previously mentioned countries, supporting both second and third hypotheses of this research.