The most important energy source for energy importing countries is renewable energy source. Difference of this study from other studies is to investigate the relationship between renewable energy use and economic growth for energy importing countries that increased their renewable energy use by...

This study empirically investigates the agriculture-induced environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis in an agrarian framework. Annual time series data from 1981−2014 was employed using Augmented Dickey−Fuller and the Phillips−Perron (PP) unit root test complemented by the Zivot and Andrews...

This study empirically investigates the agriculture-induced environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis in an agrarian framework. Annual time series data from 1981−2014 was employed using Augmented Dickey−Fuller and the Phillips−Perron (PP) unit root test complemented by the Zivot and...

As current trends of Chinese economic growth and motorization continue, its demand for higher efficiency fuels (oil, gas, and electric power) will increase. This, coupled with China's limited domestic production, can translate into a massive demand for energy imports. To predict China's energy...

This paper provides empirical evidence on the relationship between increasing-block-rate (IBR) pricing of electricity and the propensity of households to buy major electric appliances. I use variation from a natural experiment in Russia that introduced IBR pricing for residential electricity in...

Purpose: Iran as an energy-rich country faces many challenges in the optimal utilization of its vast resources. High rates of population and economic growth, a generous subsidies program, and poor resource management have contributed to rapidly growing energy consumption and high energy...

Iran as an energy-rich country faces many challenges in optimal utilization of its vast resources. High population and economic growth, generous subsidies program, and poor resource management have contributed to rapidly growing energy consumption and high energy intensity for the past decades....

China, India, and the USA are the world’s biggest energy consumers and CO2 emitters. Being the leading contributors to climate change, these economies are also at the core of environmental solutions. This paper investigates the causal relationship among solar and wind energy production, coal...

Decoupling economic growth from environmental degradation is an important challenge facing developing countries. Therefore, increasing the participation of renewable energy in their final primary energy consumption might be a good alternative for them to achieve simultaneously environmental...

This paper examines the relationship between greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, energy consumption and economic growth with panel data of the six gulf cooperation council (GCC) countries - Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman over the period 1996–2017. This study...