سارا مرعشی علی آبادی

Protecting the environment and providing solutions to improve the quality of the environment has required countries to conduct studies to study the factors affecting the environment. One of these factors is the financial development of countries, because economists have considered financial development as an important factor influencing environmental preferences, which varies according to business cycles.

The present study uses Markov-Switching method and time series data over the period 1394-1349 (1970- 2015) the effects of financial development using depth financial index, financial development efficiency index (privy) and fundamental financial development index (bank) has studied the environment in the economic periods of the Iranian economy.

In this regard, the economic periods of the Iranian economy are extracted using the Markov-Swichig model and then in the framework of econometric models using ARDL, the effects of recession and boom in the economy. The relationship with financial development on environmental quality has been examined.

The results show that liquidity (financial depth index), in conditions of economic boom and recession, has led to reduction of environmental pollution in the country. Private-sector facilities (financial development efficiency index) have a positive and significant impact on the environment in terms of boom conditions, but under recessionary conditions, private-sector facilities do not have a significant impact on environmental pollution. Finally, the creditworthiness of banks (the underlying indicator of financial development) increases pollution in times of boom, but in a recession has reduced environmental pollution.