The effects of Internet usage and economic growth on CO2 emissions in OECD countries: A panel investigation

Salahuddin, Mohammad; Alam, Khorshed; Öztürk, İlhan

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2016.04.018

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“…The above table indicates that the findings generally suggested a negative association between the different types of emissions and corporate financial performance. The outcomes with negative associations agree with the studies of Gallego-Álvarez et al [24,32,33] and Zhang and Wang [25]; however, the findings with positive associations were also supported by Rokhmawati et al [38], Salahuddin et al [2], and Yu et al [35]. Overall, this study produced mixed results, which were indicated by the presence of both positive and negative relationships.…”

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“…For instance, Salahuddin et al [2] highlighted that economic growth generated no significant short or long term impact on carbon emissions. A study by Yu et al [35] revealed that there was no significant relationship between environmental efficiencies (investment in emissions abatement, emissions saving, monetary saving, direct emissions, indirect emissions) and operational efficiencies (research and development expense, total assets, sales, net income, number of employees, and cost of goods sold) in all six of the industrial sectors under analysis.…”

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“…However, there is a current lack of knowledge amongst most companies as to what effect practices designed to diminish carbon emissions have on corporate financial performance. Traditionally, green investment activities have been accused of incurring financial losses for a company [1][2][3]; however, others have argued that green investments can improve overall firm profitability [4,5]. Irrespective of what companies perceive about this debate, stakeholders have also raised concerns regarding growing carbon emissions.…”

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Abstract:The impact of carbon emissions on corporate financial performance within the African corporate setting has remained open and inconclusive, owing primarily to the unavailability of data. However, this paper examines the effect of carbon emissions (Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 1 and 2) on the financial performance (ROE, ROI, and ROS) of 63 South African CDP companies for the 2015 fiscal year. Using multiple regression techniques, the paper found overwhelming evidence of a negative relationship between carbon emissions and corporate financial performance. Thus, results indicate that companies which integrate green investment initiatives designed to lower carbon emissions can effectually manage financial performance. Therefore, the paper provides useful insights on how companies can fully utilise their organisational resources and capabilities as well as gain insight, resulting in a higher environmental and financial performance within a firm.

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“…Therefore, the first generation panel unit root test methods were used for FECS and the second generation techniques, such as CIPS, were used for the other three variables. The results showed that the four variables were all non-stationary at levels but stationary at their first differences, which was consistent with some previous studies [12,22,39]. On this basis, three panel cointegration test approaches, Pedroni, Kao, and Fisher-type Johansen cointegration tests, were employed, suggesting that the long-term equilibrium among the analyzed variables existed, which is similar to the results of Dávalos [18] and Bölük and Mert [10], who investigated the related data of APEC and EU countries, respectively.…”

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“…This paper explored the relationships among development mode, development level, and energy factors, adopting a panel data of 19 G20 countries during the period 1990-2015, which is distinguished from the variables and samples choices of most previous studies [8,12,13,15,29,39,40]. Specifically, CO 2 emission intensity and GDP per capita are adopted to describe the economic development mode and level.…”

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Carbon Emission Intensity, Economic Development and Energy Factors in 19 G20 Countries: Empirical Analysis Based on a Heterogeneous Panel from 1990 to 2015

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Abstract:The increasing global climate problem caused by excessive carbon emissions results in global carbon emission reduction governance becoming a top priority and requires close international coordination. Group of Twenty (G20) is gradually becoming the leading agency of global carbon emission reduction governance, but the unbalanced development among G20 countries has hindered the full play of G20's role. Thus, this paper aims to examine the interrelationships among economic development mode, economic development level, and energy factors including energy use efficiency and structure in 19 G20 countries over the period 1990-2015. Considering the panel heterogeneity and the endogeneity of variables, a series of heterogeneous panel analysis techniques are employed in this paper. The empirical findings suggest that for the panel, the improvement of energy use efficiency and the optimization of energy use structure can help to achieve a low-carbon development mode, implying that some international agreements such as the Copenhagen Accord and Paris Agreement on Climate Change are necessary, binding, and effective. However, for individuals, energy factors and development level influence development mode differently across countries, revealing that each country should formulate specific policies that are consistent with its own actual situation. Finally, this paper discusses the role that G20 can play in the global carbon emissions reduction governance, which provides a reference for global low-carbon and sustainable development.

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Analysis of Stock Market Development and CO₂ Emissions on OECD Countries via an Empirical Model

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Accompanying economic growth, CO 2 emissions have polluted the natural environment worldwide. This study highlights the special problems with stock market development and CO 2 emissions in 25 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries during 1971-2007 to trace the trend of CO 2 emissions while countries grow their economies. A panel-data model is applied to analyze the relationships between stock market (SM) development, energy consumption, gross domestic product (GDP), and CO 2 emissions in 25 OECD countries. Low-GDP countries show different results from high-GDP countries in the trends of SM development and CO 2 emissions, and dynamic effects occur in SM development and CO 2 emissions under various GDP conditions. There is a negative relationship between SM development and CO 2 emissions if countries enjoy high economic growth, which means that these countries avoid CO 2 emissions through SM development. However, a positive relationship is found between SM development and CO 2 emissions if countries experience low economic growth, which means that SM development does not show the boycott-effect relationship with CO 2 emissions when countries experience low levels of economic development. This study shows a correlation between SM development and CO 2 emissions among OECD countries.

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The effects of Internet usage and economic growth on CO2 emissions in OECD countries: A panel investigation

Cited by 362 publications

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The Impact of Carbon Emissions on Corporate Financial Performance: Evidence from the South African Firms

The Impact of Carbon Emissions on Corporate Financial Performance: Evidence from the South African Firms

Carbon Emission Intensity, Economic Development and Energy Factors in 19 G20 Countries: Empirical Analysis Based on a Heterogeneous Panel from 1990 to 2015

Analysis of Stock Market Development and CO₂ Emissions on OECD Countries via an Empirical Model

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The effects of Internet usage and economic growth on CO2 emissions in OECD countries: A panel investigation

Cited by 362 publications

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The Impact of Carbon Emissions on Corporate Financial Performance: Evidence from the South African Firms

The Impact of Carbon Emissions on Corporate Financial Performance: Evidence from the South African Firms

Carbon Emission Intensity, Economic Development and Energy Factors in 19 G20 Countries: Empirical Analysis Based on a Heterogeneous Panel from 1990 to 2015

Analysis of Stock Market Development and CO2 Emissions on OECD Countries via an Empirical Model

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