Revisiting coal consumption and output nexus in China and India: A frequency domain approach

Abstract

Dependency on coal consumption to maintain energy security is common to the majority of developing countries where the coal is found in abundance. China and India are the leaders in coal consumption from the developing countries group so establishing a relationship between the coal consumption and the economic growth for these two will derive useful lessons for policy makers. This paper reexamines the causal relationship between coal consumption and economic growth in China and India for the period 1969-2013, for the first time using a frequency domainbased Granger causality test proposed by Brietung and Candelon (2006). Our empirical results support unidirectional causality running from coal consumption to economic growth for both China and India. Our findings provide important policy implications for energy policies and strategies for these two countries under study.

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“…[1][2][3] Coal is the dominant solid fuel with the fastest-growing production over the past 25 years, making up 28% of the world's primary energy only lower than petroleum oil. 4 The global coal consumption increased by about 66% from 2246 million tons of oil equivalent in 1990 to 3732 million tons in 2016. 5 China is one of the leading countries of coal consumption in the developing world, accounting for over half of the world's total coal consumption.…”

“…Solid fuels have powered human life and social development for many years . Coal is the dominant solid fuel with the fastest‐growing production over the past 25 years, making up 28% of the world's primary energy only lower than petroleum oil . The global coal consumption increased by about 66% from 2246 million tons of oil equivalent in 1990 to 3732 million tons in 2016 .…”