Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Mostafa Karimzadeh Author-Name-First: Mostafa Author-Name-Last: Karimzadeh Author-Email: m.karimzadeh@um.ac.ir Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran. Author-Name: Saleh Taheri Bazkhaneh Author-Name-First: Saleh Author-Name-Last: Taheri Bazkhaneh Author-Email: saleh.taheri@ymail.com Author-Workplace-Name: Economics and Planning, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran. Author-Name: Hasan Kamali Dalfardi Author-Name-First: Hasan Author-Name-Last: Kamali Dalfardi Author-Email: hankamali13@gmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: Economic Development and Planning, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran. Author-Name: Mohammadreza Barakchian Author-Name-First: Mohammadreza Author-Name-Last: Barakchian Author-Email: mohammadreza.barakchian@gmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran. Title: Studying the Relationship Between Financial Development and Emissions of Carbon Dioxide in Iran: Using Autoregressive-Distributed Lag Abstract: The emissions of air pollutants and its consequences, particularly in the present conditions that the volume of these pollutants is increasing with an upward trend have drawn more attentions to dealing with its destructive effects. In this regard, financial development serves as a channel for modern technology compatible with environment. Financial development is capable of having direct role in energy consumption and consequently emissions of CO2. Accordingly, this research deals with the examining of financial development's effects on emissions of CO2 during 1973-2009 in Iran. In order to achieve the main objective of research, ARDL is used. The results of estimation prove the negative long term relationship between financial improvement and emissions of CO2. In addition, the results also show that there is a positive long term relationship between GDP, Energy intensity and the degree of economic openness with emissions of CO2. Classification-JEL: JEL Keywords: Financial Development; Development Economics; Environmental Economics; Economy of Iran; ARDL Journal: International Journal of Resistive Economics Pages: 13-26 Volume: 3 Issue: 2 Year: 2015 Month: July File-URL: https://www.oajre.ir/article_122061_43f6ad5835936e990988aa431a209226.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf File-Function: Full text File-URL: https://www.oajre.ir/article_122061.html File-Format: text/html File-Function: Abstract page Handle: RePEc:trd:journl:122061