Economic growth, energy conservation and emissions reduction: A comparative analysis based on panel data for 8 Asian-Pacific countries

By Shuwen Niu, Yongxia Ding, Yunzhu Niu, Yi-xin Li, G. Luo. 2011

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This study was conducted to evaluate the causality between energy consumption, GDP growth and carbon emissions for eight Asia-Pacific countries from 1971 to 2005 using the panel data. The results indicate that there are long-run equilibrium relationships between these variables. Additionally, causality from energy consumption to CO2 emissions was observed generally, but there were some opposite relationships also. Parameter estimations of the panel data model indicate that there are great differences in the carbon emissions, the efficiencies of energy use, carbon emissions of unit GDP and unit energy consumption between developed and developing countries. The base carbon emissions, per capita energy consumption and efficiency of energy use in developing countries are far lower than in developed countries; however, the CO2 emissions per unit of energy use is higher. Although developing countries may reduce their CO2 emission per unit energy use, total energy consumption will rise rapidly with economic development. Thus, developing countries must determine how to undergo economic growth while conserving energy and reducing emissions. To respond to global climate change, it is necessary to develop innovative technology for energy use, transform the energy structure and conduct the clean development mechanism.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Environmental Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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What drives carbon dioxide emissions in the long-run? Evidence from selected South Asian Countries (2016, result): “…section that allows trend and intercept coefficients to freely move across the cross sections and generated pooled t-statistics. hence, Levin-Lin-Chu (llc) unit root test provides better approximation results as compare to common panel unit root tests ( (Niu et al., 2011); (Akhmat et al., 2014).”
Factors Affecting CO2 Emissions in the BRICS Countries: A Panel Data Analysis (2015, background): “(Niu et al, 2011) Investigated the long-run relationship between energy consumption, GDP and CO2 for eight Asia-Pacific countries that included four developing countries, namely China, India, Thailand, and Indonesia using panel data techniques.”
ICT, CO2 Emissions and Economic Growth: Evidence from a Panel of ASEAN (2014, background): “A combined approach of the joint impact of energy consumption, CO2 emissions and economic growth has emerged to examine dynamic relationships (Apergis & Payne, 2009; Bowden & Payne, 2009; Niu et al., 2011; Zhang & Cheng 2009; Pao & Tsai, 2010).”
The effects of globalization, energy consumption and economic growth on carbon dioxide emissions in South Asian countries (2021, background): “However, except for Niu et al.(43) all other studies have taken various countries to be a whole group.”
Oil consumption, CO 2 emission and economic growth in MENA countries (2011, background): “However, the CO2 emission per unit is higher in the developing countries than the developed ones [33].”
Relationship Among Economic Growth, Energy Consumption, CO2 Emission, and Urbanization: Evidence From MINT Countries (2020, background): “The interaction between economic growth, energy consumptions, and CO2 emissions has been an active research area for a while (Apergis & Payne, 2010; Arouri et al., 2012; Bartleet & Gounder, 2010; Niu et al., 2011).”
Modeling the nexus between carbon dioxide emissions and economic growth (2015, background): “, 2006) and transforming the energy structure (Niu et al., 2011).”