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Duc Hong Vo
Ho Chi Minh City Open University
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ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7823-0349
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Background
The energy – environment – growth nexus has been examined for the Southeast Asian countries mainly using time series data. Few studies have been conducted using panel data. The roles of renewable energy and population have largely been ignored in previous studies. As such, this study is conducted to investigate a dynamic causal link between renewable energy usage, population, carbon emissions, and economic growth. Unlike previous panel data studies for the ASEAN region, a relatively new and advanced panel vector autoregressive model and the Granger non-causality test for heterogeneous panels are utilized using a sample of seven ASEAN countries for almost three decades since 1990.
Results
Key findings from this paper are as follows. First, energy consumption does lead to CO2 emissions - a 1 per cent increase in energy consumption will lead to an increase of about 0.34 per cent CO2 emissions which is lower than previously reported. Second, renewable energy usage explains a substantial proportion of the change in economic growth and energy consumption. Renewable energy also responds to population. Third, a bidirectional Granger causality between renewable energy, carbon emissions and population.
Conclusions
We argue that moderating population growth and extending renewable energy usage are important to achieve sustainable economic development in the ASEAN region.
Keywords
Renewable energy, Population, Carbon emissions, Economic growth, Granger non-causality, Panel vector autoregressive (panel VAR) model
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Original article
Duc Hong Vo
Ho Chi Minh City Open University
Corresponding Author
ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7823-0349
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CURRENT STATUS: Under Review
Version 1
Posted 12 Jan, 2021
No community comments so far
Editorial decision: Major Revision
On 07 Apr, 2021
Review #2 received
Received 28 Mar, 2021
Review #3 received
Received 15 Mar, 2021
Reviewer #3 agreed
On 11 Mar, 2021
Reviewer #2 agreed
On 07 Mar, 2021
Review #1 received
Received 10 Feb, 2021
Reviewer #1 agreed
On 08 Feb, 2021
Reviewers invited
Invitations sent on 18 Jan, 2021
Editor assigned
On 11 Jan, 2021
Editor invited
On 11 Jan, 2021
Submission checks complete
On 06 Jan, 2021
First submitted
On 02 Jan, 2021
Metrics
Comments: 0
PDF Downloads: ...
HTML Views: ...
Subject Areas
Energy Engineering
License:
This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License. Read Full License
Background
The energy – environment – growth nexus has been examined for the Southeast Asian countries mainly using time series data. Few studies have been conducted using panel data. The roles of renewable energy and population have largely been ignored in previous studies. As such, this study is conducted to investigate a dynamic causal link between renewable energy usage, population, carbon emissions, and economic growth. Unlike previous panel data studies for the ASEAN region, a relatively new and advanced panel vector autoregressive model and the Granger non-causality test for heterogeneous panels are utilized using a sample of seven ASEAN countries for almost three decades since 1990.
Results
Key findings from this paper are as follows. First, energy consumption does lead to CO2 emissions - a 1 per cent increase in energy consumption will lead to an increase of about 0.34 per cent CO2 emissions which is lower than previously reported. Second, renewable energy usage explains a substantial proportion of the change in economic growth and energy consumption. Renewable energy also responds to population. Third, a bidirectional Granger causality between renewable energy, carbon emissions and population.
Conclusions
We argue that moderating population growth and extending renewable energy usage are important to achieve sustainable economic development in the ASEAN region.
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