The Impact of Air Pollution and Economic Growth on Health Care Expenditures in OPEC Selected Countries with Emphasis on Iran (PANEL ARDL Approach)

Mehdizadeh Rayeni, Mohammadjavad; Ziaee, Saman; Ahmadpour, Mahmoud

The Impact of Air Pollution and Economic Growth on Health Care Expenditures in OPEC Selected Countries with Emphasis on Iran (PANEL ARDL Approach)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Mohammadjavad Mehdizadeh rayeni ¹

saman ziaee ²

mahmoud ahmadpour ³

¹ University of Zabol- Zabol- Iran

² Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics, Zabol University

³ Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics, Zabol University

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of air pollution and economic growth on health care expenditures in the group of selected OPEC member countries with emphasis on Iran using the PANEL ARDL model during the period 2000-2019. This study was conducted using data from the World Bank, during the period 2000-2019 and the selection of the statistical population selected from OPEC member countries in the form of panel data and using the PANEL ARDL model. The results of this study show that during the study period, the impact of air pollution (PM10), carbon dioxide (CO2) as indicators of air and environmental pollution and the logarithm of GDP per capita (per capita economic growth) on health care expenditures OPEC has a positive and significant impact on selected countries. Countries, including the Iranian government, should consider policies to control the emission of particulate matter and carbon dioxide emissions in different parts of the country in order to reduce air and environmental pollution, and regional and international cooperation to reduce the flow of particulate matter. Suspend to the country through neighboring countries.

Keywords

“Air pollution”

“economic growth”

“health care costs”

“ARDL panel”

“Iran”