The Impact of Urbanization on Energy Intensity in Saudi Arabia

Belloumi, Mounir; Alshehry, Atef Saad

doi:10.3390/su8040375

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“…As the conventional unit root tests are biased when there is a trend stationary with an exogenous structural break (Perron 1989), we use the Perron breakpoint unit root tests to take into account the structural change in the variables (for more details on these tests, see (Belloumi and Alshehry 2016). 1 The results of the Perron breakpoint unit root tests are reported in Table 3.…”

Section: Results Of Breakpoint Unit Root Testsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Impacts of Domestic and Foreign Direct Investments on Economic Growth in Saudi Arabia

Belloumi

Alshehry

2018

Economies

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This paper investigates the causal links between domestic capital investment, foreign direct investment (FDI), and economic growth in Saudi Arabia over the period 1970-2015 by using the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds testing to cointegration approach. The fully modified ordinary least squares (FMOLS), dynamic ordinary least squares (DOLS), and the canonical cointegrating regression (CCR) are employed to check the robustness of the ARDL long run estimates. The results show that in the long term there are negative bidirectional causality between non-oil GDP growth and FDI, negative bidirectional causality between non-oil GDP growth and domestic capital investment, and bidirectional causality between FDI and domestic capital investment. FDI affects negatively domestic capital investment in the short run, whereas domestic capital investment affects negatively FDI in the long run. Both finance development and trade openness affect positively non-oil GDP growth, FDI inflows and domestic capital investment in the long run. The findings are important for Saudi policy makers to undertake the effective policies that can promote and lead domestic and foreign investments to enhance economic growth in the country.

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Section: Results Of Breakpoint Unit Root Testsmentioning

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The Impacts of Domestic and Foreign Direct Investments on Economic Growth in Saudi Arabia

Belloumi

Alshehry

2018

Economies

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“…The influence of urbanization on energy intensity varies in 10 Asian countries [20]. Belloumi and Alshehry [24] report the positive impact of urbanization on energy intensity in the short and long term in Saudi Arabia over the period 1971-2012. Farajzadeh and Nematollahi [25] reveal the significant role of urbanization on energy intensity reduction.…”

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Direct and Indirect Effects of Urbanization on Energy Intensity in Chinese Cities: A Regional Heterogeneity Analysis

Chen

Cheng

2019

Sustainability

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Energy intensity reduction has become a constrained target from the 11th five-year plan in China. Energy consumption is expected to increase because of rapid urbanization and economic growth, whereas energy intensity reduction is regarded as a method to alleviate the pressure of growing energy demand. An important contribution of this study is the investigation of urbanization impact on energy intensity across China at the urban level. This research uses a balanced panel data set of 224 cities for the period between 2005 and 2016 and reports deep insights into and innovative findings for the reduction of energy intensity across different regions and cities in China. To examine the direct, indirect, and total effects and regional heterogeneous effects, we employ spatial Durbin models and spatial decomposition techniques. It reveals significant and negative direct effects of urbanization in the western and full regions. However, the indirect and total effects of urbanization are significantly negative in the eastern and western regions. The pressure of urbanization on energy has alleviated and is reversing, especially under the construction of people-oriented and green new-type urbanization. The empirics highlight industrialization as a contributing factor for high energy intensity in the spatial outcomes of regional analysis. The direct effect of per capita GDP supports the existence of the inverted U-shaped relationship between economic development and energy intensity. The study proposes fruitful implications to construct new-type urbanization for energy conservation and sustainable development in China.

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“…Actually, there is collinearity between lnGDP and lnURB, these two variables interact closely. Urbanization causes economic output, which in turn pushes urbanization process [80]. Standard errors in parentheses; * p < 0.1, ** p < 0.05, *** p < 0.01.…”

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Factors Influencing the Spatial Difference in Household Energy Consumption in China

Ding

Niu

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Sustainability

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Abstract:What factors determine the spatial heterogeneity of household energy consumption (HEC) in China? Can the impacts of these factors be quantified? What are the trends and characteristics of the spatial differences? To date, these issues are still unclear. Based on the STIRPAT model and panel dataset for 30 provinces in China over the period 1997-2013, this paper investigated influences of the income per capita, urbanization level and annual average temperature on HEC, and revealed the spatial effects of these influencing factors. The results show that the income level is the main influencing factor, followed by the annual average temperature. There exists a diminishing marginal contribution with increasing income. The influence of urbanization level varies according to income level. In addition, from the eastern region to western region of China, variances largely depend upon economic level at the provincial level. From the northern region to southern region, change is mainly caused by temperature. The urbanization level has more significant impact on the structure and efficiency of household energy consumption than on its quantity. These results could provide reference for policy making and energy planning.

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The Impact of Urbanization on Energy Intensity in Saudi Arabia

Cited by 55 publications

References 50 publications

The Impacts of Domestic and Foreign Direct Investments on Economic Growth in Saudi Arabia

The Impacts of Domestic and Foreign Direct Investments on Economic Growth in Saudi Arabia

Direct and Indirect Effects of Urbanization on Energy Intensity in Chinese Cities: A Regional Heterogeneity Analysis

Factors Influencing the Spatial Difference in Household Energy Consumption in China

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