Carbon emissions, environmental distortions, and impact on growth

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Choudhury, T., Kayani, Umar Nawaz, Gul, Azeem, Haider, Syed Arslan and Ahmad, Sareer. (2023). Carbon emissions, environmental distortions, and impact on growth. Energy Economics. 126, pp. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2023.107040
AuthorsChoudhury, T., Kayani, Umar Nawaz, Gul, Azeem, Haider, Syed Arslan and Ahmad, Sareer
Abstract

The climate changes over the past few decades are a significant threat to the future of humanity. In this regard, in current years, consumption-based carbon emanations have dominated research on environmental issues and international trade. This study examines how carbon emission influences the economic growth of the top five polluted economies of the world. To get an estimate on an empirical level, the study uses a Panel Autoregressive Distributed Lag (PARDL) approach. After a shock, the system shifts towards a long-run equilibrium, as the estimated results show that the ECM value is negative and significant. Empirics show that energy consumption and GDP are positively and significantly associated with CO2 emissions in both the long and short run. In addition, the GDP2 effect indicates the Kuznets curve (EKC) effect in the top five polluted countries. Industrial production is positively linked with CO2 emissions in the short term but negatively correlated and statistically insignificant in a long time. Finally, it is recommended that policymakers focus on reducing pollution, especially in high‑carbon emissions, and in other countries, countries that prerequisite to cutting the use of coal and oil energy could help reduce CO2 emissions to protect the environment. In addition, these countries must switch to using clean energy such as natural gas.

Keywordsenvironmental degredation; Kuznets curve; panel autoregressive distributed lag; climatic change; carbon emission
Year01 Jan 2023
JournalEnergy Economics
Journal citation126, pp. 1-9
PublisherElsevier Science BV
ISSN0140-9883
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2023.107040
Web address (URL)https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140988323005388?via%3Dihub#ab0005
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Page range1-9
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Online17 Sep 2023
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Accepted09 Sep 2023
Deposited07 Jun 2024
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Place of publicationNetherlands
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