THE INFLUENCE OF INNOVATION ACTIVITIES AND ENERGY RESOURCE USE ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATION
Abstract
The paper examines the features of the environmental transformation in Ukraine. The results suggest that there is no inverted U-shape relationship between per capita incomes and air emissions (both for pollution per square kilometer and on pollution from stationary sources). However, air emissions from automobile sources show an inverted U-shape relationship. It is essential that expenditures into innovations and innovations products significantly increase all air emissions. Production of innovation goods is also related to the increase in air emission in Ukrainian regions. The reason is that the core of Ukrainian industrial output is related to mining, machine building, metallurgical and chemical production, and whatever innovations are happening with these industries still they would be related to pollution.
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