dc.contributor.author | Bölükbaş, Mehmet | |
dc.contributor.author | Szymańska, Agata | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2025-07-08T07:51:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2025-07-08T07:51:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2025-06-26 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1508-2008 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11089/55856 | |
dc.description.abstract | Greenhouse gas emissions, primarily carbon dioxide (CO2), influence climate change and have a significant impact on public health. The relationship is a subject of interest to many researchers. However, the situation of Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries is not sufficiently explored in this context. Thus, this study examines the linkages between CO2 emissions and health expenditures in 11 CEE countries. The empirical findings obtained using Kónya’s bootstrap panel Granger causality test show that CO2 emissions and health expenditures are related in most CEE countries. Notably, a bidirectional relationship in the bootstrap panel Granger causality test is found for Croatia, Romania, and Slovakia. In contrast, the relationship was revealed to be insignificant in Bulgaria, Lithuania, Poland, and Slovenia. The results are significant and contribute to the existing literature. The findings allow us to issue policy recommendations to intensify efforts to control pollution, particularly CO2 emissions, especially in Croatia, Romania, and Slovakia, as well as in the countries where at least unidirectional effects from CO2 emissions to health expenditures were observed (e.g., Estonia, Hungary, and Latvia). | en |
dc.description.abstract | Emisje gazów cieplarnianych (głównie dwutlenku węgla – CO2) wpływają na zmiany klimatyczne, co oddziałuje na zdrowie publiczne. Celem artykułu jest zbadanie powiązań między emisją CO2 a wydatkami na zdrowie w 11 krajach Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej (CEE) z wykorzystaniem wariantu testu przyczynowości Grangera, opracowanego przez Kónya. Próba czasowa obejmuje dane roczne od 2000 do 2020 roku. Badania empiryczne dostarczają zróżnicowanych wyników. Dwukierunkową zależność stwierdzono w przypadku Chorwacji, Rumunii i Słowacji, podczas gdy na przykład w Bułgarii, na Litwie, w Polsce i Słowenii powiązanie było nieistotne. Zalecenia polityczne obejmują podjęcie wysiłków w zakresie kontroli zanieczyszczeń, w szczególności emisji CO2 w Chorwacji, Rumunii, Słowacji, jak również w Estonii, na Węgrzech i Łotwie, a więc w krajach, gdzie oszacowano przynajmniej jednokierunkowy wpływ emisji CO2 na wydatki na zdrowie. | pl |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego | pl |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe;2 | en |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
dc.subject | causality | en |
dc.subject | CO2 emissions | en |
dc.subject | health expenditure | en |
dc.subject | Central and Eastern European countries | en |
dc.subject | quality of life | en |
dc.subject | przyczynowość | pl |
dc.subject | emisja CO2 | pl |
dc.subject | wydatki na zdrowie | pl |
dc.subject | kraje Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej | pl |
dc.subject | jakość życia | pl |
dc.title | The Nexus between CO2 Emissions and Health Expenditure – Causality Evidence from Selected CEE Countries | en |
dc.title.alternative | Związek między emisją CO2 a wydatkami na zdrowie – analiza krajów Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej | pl |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.page.number | 97-113 | |
dc.contributor.authorAffiliation | Bölükbaş, Mehmet - Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Political Science, Department of Economics | en |
dc.contributor.authorAffiliation | Szymańska, Agata - University of Lodz, Institute of Economics | en |
dc.identifier.eissn | 2082-6737 | |
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dc.contributor.authorEmail | Bölükbaş, Mehmet - mbolukbas@adu.edu.tr | |
dc.contributor.authorEmail | Szymańska, Agata - agata.szymanska@uni.lodz.pl | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.18778/1508-2008.28.15 | |
dc.relation.volume | 28 | |