The Role of Energy Consumption, Economic Growth and Globalization in Environmental Degradation: Empirical Evidence from the BRICS Region

Rahman, Habib Ur; Zaman, Umer; Górecki, Jarosław

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“…The authors of this study conclude that economic growth might affect the carbon emission of countries, but its magnitude may be different for different levels of economic development for each country. Similar studies are presented by Chontanawat [62] for Southeast Asian countries, by Leitao and Lorente [63] for European countries, by Rahman et al [64] for BRICS members, and by Kahia et al [65] for Saudi Arabia.…”

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Exploring the Research Regarding Energy–Economic Growth Relationship

2021

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The purpose of this study is to analyze the evolution of the scientific research regarding the relationship between energy and economic growth, in order to reveal preferred topics and less approached themes. We conducted an occurrence and cluster analysis, followed by a correspondence analysis using articles published between 1979 and 2019 in journals indexed in the Web of Science. The analysis was split into three periods taking into account the major economic and energetic milestones. The analysis focused on distribution of the topics studied both by years and by journals. The research revealed some major trends: there has been an explosive increase in studies based on Asian countries over the three periods as concerns for sustainable development intensified, and environmental issues were associated with research on the relationship between energy and economic growth. Even if the journals cover different scientific areas, during the last 10 years they contain articles with very similar topics.

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“…The effects of energy consumption, economic growth and globalization on carbon dioxide emissions for BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) economies were considered by Rahman et al (2021). The authors applied panel data (FMOLS (panel fully modified least squares) and DOLS (panel dynamic ordinary least squares)) for 1989-2019.…”

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The Effects of Corruption, Renewable Energy, Trade and CO2 Emissions

Leitão

2021

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Corruption reflects a set of illegal activities that jeopardize the smooth functioning of economies, society, and climate and environmental issues. This article tests the relationships between economic growth, corruption, renewable energies, international trade, and carbon dioxide emissions using panel data for European countries, namely Portugal, Spain, Italy, Ireland, and Greece, from 1995–2015. As an econometric strategy, this research uses the panel fully modified least squares (FMOLS), panel dynamic least squares (DOLS), and panel two-stage least squares estimator (TSLS). Considering the variables utilized in the research and the panel unit root test, we observed that the variables are integrated I (1) in the first difference. The variables of corruption, economic growth, renewable energies, international trade, and carbon dioxide emissions are cointegrated in the long run, using the Pedroni and Kao residual cointegration test arguments. The methodology of Dumitrescu–Hurlin to test the causality between carbon dioxide emissions, corruption, economic growth, and renewable energy shows that there is unidirectional causality between carbon dioxide emissions and corruption and economic growth and corruption. The results suggest that the corruption index and economic growth have a statistically significant positive impact on carbon dioxide emissions. However, renewable energies and international trade reduce climate change and improve the environmental quality.

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“…Some research has paid attention to the correlation between carbon emissions and economic growth, energy consumption and other factors in BRICS countries. Some studies argued that globalization increases pollution indicators [14,15]. Wu et al [16] found that for BRICS countries, the carbon emissions of Brazil and Russia descended with economic growth.…”

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Technology Innovation, Economic Growth and Carbon Emissions in the Context of Carbon Neutrality: Evidence from BRICS

Zhang

2021

Sustainability

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This study selects the panel data of five BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) from 1990 to 2019 to empirically explore the impact of technological innovation and economic growth on carbon emissions under the context of carbon neutrality. Granger causality test results signify that there exists a one-way causality from technology patent to carbon emission and from economic growth to carbon emission. We also constructed an improved Stochastic Impacts by Regression on Population, Affluence, and Technology (STIRPAT) model. The regression results manifest that technology patents contribute to the realization of carbon emission reduction and carbon neutralization, while the economic growth of emerging economies represented by BRICS countries significantly improves carbon emissions, but every single BRICS country shows differentiated carbon emissions conditions with their economic development stages. The impact of the interaction term on carbon emissions for the five BRICS countries also presents country-specific heterogeneity. Moreover, the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) test results show that only Russia and South Africa have an inverted U-shaped curve relationship between economic growth and carbon emissions, whereas Brazil, India and China have a U-shaped curve relationship. There exists no EKC relationship when considering BRICS nations as a whole. Further robustness tests also verify that the conclusions obtained in this paper are consistent and stable. Finally, the paper puts forward relevant policy suggestions based on the research findings.

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The Role of Energy Consumption, Economic Growth and Globalization in Environmental Degradation: Empirical Evidence from the BRICS Region

Cited by 50 publications

References 88 publications

Exploring the Research Regarding Energy–Economic Growth Relationship

Exploring the Research Regarding Energy–Economic Growth Relationship

The Effects of Corruption, Renewable Energy, Trade and CO2 Emissions

Technology Innovation, Economic Growth and Carbon Emissions in the Context of Carbon Neutrality: Evidence from BRICS

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