Comparative analysis of energy consumption, CO2 emissions and economic growth: evidence for OECD selected countries

  • Authors

    • Samia Gmidene economics
    • saida zaidi economics
    • Sonia Zouari Ghorbel economics
    2016-08-10
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijaes.v4i2.6378
  • Renewable Energy, Nuclear Energy, Economic Growth, CO2 Emissions, Granger Causality Test.

  • Abstract

    The main purpose of this study is to investigate the causal relationship among renewable energy, nuclear energy consumption, economic growth, and CO2 emissions for selected OECD countries over the period 1980 to 2013. All variables are found to be cointgrated.

    Results of Granger causality show long-run relationship from GDP, renewable energy consumption and nuclear energy consumption to CO2 emissions, from CO2 emissions, GDP, to renewable energy consumption, from emissions, GDP to renewable energy, and from CO2 emissions GDP and nuclear energy consumption.

    In short run, results show that there exists bidirectional causality between GDP and CO2 emissions, and unidirectional causality running from renewable energy consumption to GDP. Also unidirectional causality running from renewable energy consumption to CO2 emissions without feedback but no causality running from nuclear energy consumption to CO2 emissions was found. This evidence suggests that renewable energy can help to mitigate CO2 emissions, but so far, nuclear energy consumption has not reached a level where it can CO2 emissions.

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    Gmidene, S., zaidi, saida, & Zouari Ghorbel, S. (2016). Comparative analysis of energy consumption, CO2 emissions and economic growth: evidence for OECD selected countries. International Journal of Accounting and Economics Studies, 4(2), 114-119. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijaes.v4i2.6378

    Received date: 2016-06-18

    Accepted date: 2016-07-25

    Published date: 2016-08-10