Nowadays, the increasing environmental pollution and efforts to alleviate the negative effects of global warming have raised the problem of using energy resources that cause CO2 emissions. Economic development and further economic growth accelerate the use of energy resources. This process causes a rise in the level of CO2 emission as well as the depletion of energy reserves. Therefore, it is necessary to formulate the optimal level of these three variables together in terms of decreasing CO2 emission, preserving energy, and improving economic performance. Therefore, this study aims to investigate whether there is a relationship between CO2 emission, energy consumption, and economic growth using data set from developed countries groups (the EU19, EU28, G7, G20, OECD-Europe, OECD-Total, BRICS, OECD-America and Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia). For this purpose, using the 2000-2018 data of developed countries, the preliminary estimation tests were used for panel unit root, Westerlund panel co-integration, and cross-section dependency. According to the unit root test results, variables that are not stationary at the level are found stationary taking their first differences. Westerlund (2007) panel cointegration test results show that there is cointegration among the variables and they move together in the long run. Further, Dimutrescu- Hurlin (2012) panel causality test results show that there is a bidirectional causality relationship between CO2 emissions and growth, and a unidirectional causality relationship between energy consumption and growth, from growth to energy. The results of this study suggest prioritizing the improvement of energy efficiency in developed countries in terms of technology and making the implementation of joint action plans in environmentally friendly policies a priority for policymakers.
C02 Emission Energy Consumption Economic Growth Panel Cointegration
CO2 Emisyonu Enerji Tüketimi Ekonomik Büyüme Panel Eşbütünleşme
Birincil Dil | İngilizce |
---|---|
Bölüm | Makaleler |
Yazarlar | |
Yayımlanma Tarihi | 30 Nisan 2022 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2022 Cilt: 17 Sayı: 66 |