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Electricity Consumption-Economic Growth-CO2 Emissions Nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Panel Cointegration.
- Source :
- African Development Review / Revue Africaine de Développement; Jun2014, Vol. 26 Issue 2, p359-371, 13p
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- This study explores the causal relationship among electricity consumption, economic growth and CO<subscript>2</subscript> emissions for a group of 14 sub-Sahara African (SSA) countries from 1980 to 2009 using panel cointegration and panel vector error correction modelling methods. The findings demonstrate that in the long run electricity consumption has a statistically significant positive impact on CO<subscript>2</subscript> emissions. The results also reveal that the inverted U-shaped Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis exists in the SSA countries' case. The panel causality tests indicate that there is short-run unidirectional causality running from economic growth to CO<subscript>2</subscript> emissions and electricity consumption respectively. Simultaneously, there is long-run bidirectional causality between electricity consumption and economic growth, electricity consumption and CO<subscript>2</subscript> emissions, economic growth and CO<subscript>2</subscript> emissions. Depending on the results, relevant policies can be initiated without negatively affecting economic growth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10176772
- Volume :
- 26
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- African Development Review / Revue Africaine de Développement
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 97053714
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8268.12087