Electricity Consumption–Economic Growth–CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions Nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Panel Cointegration
type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title type="main">Abstract</title> <p>This study explores the causal relationship among electricity consumption, economic growth and CO<sub>2</sub> 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<sub>2</sub> 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<sub>2</sub> emissions and electricity consumption respectively. Simultaneously, there is long-run bidirectional causality between electricity consumption and economic growth, electricity consumption and CO<sub>2</sub> emissions, economic growth and CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. Depending on the results, relevant policies can be initiated without negatively affecting economic growth. </section>
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2014
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Authors: | Gao, Jing ; Zhang, Lei |
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African Development Review. - African Development Bank, ISSN 1017-6772. - Vol. 26.2014, 2, p. 359-371
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African Development Bank |
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