Does economic freedom influence environmental pollution: theory and evidence

Economic freedom is considered as a factor of economic growth. From the other side atmospheric pollution is a kind of market failures. We assume negative relation between pollution and economic freedom. However economic freedom itself can not be considered as an explanatory variable for pollution trend. A set of macroeconomic determinants should be considered also. Moreover we should be aware of country specific effects (transition or developed economies, structure of energy resources) and time effects (for ex. scientific progress, economic slowdowns, crises ). When you are citing the document, use the following link http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/822