Identifying the Effect of Gasoline Consumption on Pollutant Emissions with the help of The Covid-19 Outbreak Exogenous Shock

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Abouzarpoor, Hassan | 2022

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Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
Language: Farsi
Document No: 56705 (44)
University: Sharif University of Technology
Department: Management and Economics
Advisor(s): Rahmati, Mohammad Hossein
Abstract:
Gasoline consumption resulting from vehicular traffic is one of the most significant factors influencing the emission levels of pollutants. Since the sold gasoline at fuel stations does not necessarily translate into vehicular traffic, tracing the final consumer becomes challenging. hence, estimating the impact of gasoline consumption on air pollution is accompanied by biased results. Moreover, the COVID-19 outbreak, acting as an exogenous shock, has provided an opportunity to use data such as COVID-19 and intercity travel as instrumental variables, gasoline consumption, and emission levels, between 2018 and 2020, show unbiased estimates of the effect of gasoline consumption on air pollution. Results obtained through the Arellano-Bond Generalized Method of Moments Estimator indicate a significant reduction of particulate matter under 2.5 and 10 microns by 248 and 126 micrograms per cubic meter, respectively, for every one percent reduction in gasoline consumption at the 5 percent level
Keywords:
Pollutants Dispersion ; Vehicle Pollutants Emission ; COVID-19 ; Epidemic Spreading ; Outbreak Detection ; Gasoline Consumption

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