The contribution of foreign direct investment to clean energy use, carbon emissions and economic growth

Lee, Jung Wan

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2012.12.039

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“…Many studies have focused on the causal relationships among renewable and alternative energy use, economic growth, and CO2 emissions (Sadorsky, 2009;Menyah and Wolde-Rufael, 2010;AlFarra and Abu-Hijleh, 2012;Fadel et al, 2013;Lee, 2013 andSbia et al, 2014). Ben Jebli et al (2013) Moreover, Soytas et al (2007) found that in the long-run, economic growth positively affects energy consumption and carbon emissions.…”

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“…Álvarez-Herránz et al (2017) demonstrate the positive effect of energy innovation policies in lowering CO2 emissions and how these measures help delay technical obsolescence. Additionally, other studies incorporate technological innovation in the nexus of clean energy, carbon emissions, and economic growth (Lee, 2013;Tang and Tan, 2013;Fei et al, 2014). Tang and Tan (2013) show that technological innovation is significant in mitigating the use of fossil fuels.…”

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How economic growth, renewable electricity and natural resources contribute to CO2 emissions?

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This study explores the relationship between economic growth and CO2 emissions in the so-called European Union 5 (EU-5) countries (Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom) for the 1985-2016 period. In doing so, we employ a carbon emission function to investigate the environmental Kuznets curve phenomenon, which describes a relationship between economic growth and environmental degradation. The empirical results confirm the existence of an N-shaped relationship between economic growth and CO2 emissions in the EU-5 countries. We incorporate additional variables such as renewable electricity consumption, trade openness, natural resource abundance, and energy innovation to augment the carbon emission function. Renewable electricity consumption, natural resources, and energy innovation improve environmental quality, while trade openness and the interaction between economic growth and renewable electricity consumption exert a positive impact on CO2 emissions. This study is novel in that it presents an interaction between economic growth and renewable electricity consumption. We also confirm the need for renewable energy regulations related to increasing renewable sources and promoting energy innovation to reduce the negative effects of energy and fossil energy resources on environmental degradation.

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How economic growth, renewable electricity and natural resources contribute to CO2 emissions?

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“…Indeed, FDI inflows may provide direct capital financing, generate positive externalities, and consequently stimulate economic growth through technology transfer, spillover effects, productivity gains, and the introduction of new processes and managerial skills (Lee, 2013). By contrast, they are also considered as one of the major factors that could lead to environmental degradation.…”

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Causal interactions between CO2 emissions, FDI, and economic growth: Evidence from dynamic simultaneous-equation models

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In this article, we investigate the causality links between CO2 emissions, foreign direct investment, and economic growth using dynamic simultaneous-equation panel data models for a global panel of 54 countries over the period 1990-2011. We also implement these empirical models for 3 regional sub-panels: Europe and Central Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East, North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa. Our results provide evidence of bidirectional causality between FDI inflows and economic growth for all the panels and between FDI and CO2 for all the panels, except Europe and North Asia. They also indicate the existence of unidirectional causality running from CO2 emissions to economic growth, with the exception of the Middle East, North Africa, and sub-Sahara panel, for which bidirectional causality between these variables cannot be rejected. These empirical insights are of particular interest to policymakers as they help build sound economic policies to sustain economic development.

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“…Therefore, trade also has an impact to raise the turning point for pollutant emission caused by energy consumption. Jayanthakumaran and Liu (2012) Lee (2013), Linh and Lin (2015)). By using cointegration analyzis and Granger causality test, some studies show that there is a long run relationship between the aforementioned variables and CO2 for Sub-Saharan African countries (Kivyiro and Arminen, 2014).…”

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The role of foreign direct investment and trade on carbon emissions in Turkey

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Kayalica

Kumaş

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Environmental Economics

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This study aims to observe the long run and short run effects of gross domestic product, foreign direct investment inflows and trade on CO2 emissions and causality relationships between these factors, using annual data for the period of 1974-2010. The empirical results demonstrate that the inverted U-shaped relationship of environmental Kuznets curve is valid for Turkey. In addition, there are positive long run effects of foreign direct investment and trade openness on CO2 emissions. The authors also find a bidirectional causality relationship between CO2 emission and FDI.

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The contribution of foreign direct investment to clean energy use, carbon emissions and economic growth

Cited by 556 publications

References 59 publications

How economic growth, renewable electricity and natural resources contribute to CO2 emissions?

How economic growth, renewable electricity and natural resources contribute to CO2 emissions?

Causal interactions between CO2 emissions, FDI, and economic growth: Evidence from dynamic simultaneous-equation models

The role of foreign direct investment and trade on carbon emissions in Turkey

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