Indutores de impacto ambiental : uma análise para a América Latina e países membros da OCDE

Abstract

The aim of this work is to verify and analyze the driver of environmental impact in Latin America and OECD countries member for the period 2000-2008 .To this end, we used the Stochastic Impacts by Regression on Population , Affluence and Technology ( STIRPAT ) model widely used in the literature , which presupposes that the population, affluence and technology are the main drivers of environmental impact . This model allows the use of statistical methods and the inclusion of other explanatory variables to the model . Were used panel data with fixed effects method for the study . Four models , where the measure used was the environmental impact ecological footprint analysis for Latin America and OECD , and CO2 emissions , also for Latin America and OECD were estimated . The estimation results corroborate in some respects with the current literature, demonstrating that population and income are the most important variables to explain the environmental impacts, whether for developed countries, represented here by the OECD, is for developing countries, as in case of Latin American countries. The innovation of labor is associated with concomitant use of this model for analysis of OECD countries and Latin America.