THE IMPACT OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION: A PANEL DATA ANALYSIS

Year 2014, Volume: 2 Issue: 1, 15 - 29, 01.01.2014

Murat Çetin , İbrahim Doğan , Hayriye Işık

Abstract

Using the panel data, this study was conducted to analyse the impact of energy
consumption on carbon dioxide emissions for low-income, middle-income and high-income
countries from 1971 to 2011. The results indicate that there is a long-run equilibrium relationship
between variables for middle-income and high-income countries. Additionally, causality running
from energy consumption to carbon dioxide emissions was observed for these countries. Parameter
estimations show that the energy elasticity of carbon dioxide emissions in middle-income countires
is higher than that of high-income countries. These empirical findings present some important
policy implications.

Keywords

Energy consumption, pollution, panel cointegration, panel causality

ENERJİ TÜKETİMİNİN ÇEVRE KİRLİLİĞİ ÜZERİNDEKİ ETKİSİ: BİR PANEL VERİ ANALİZİ

Abstract

Bu çalışma, 1971-2011 döneminde panel veri metodolojisini kullanarak düşük, orta ve
yüksek gelirli ülkeler grubu için enerji tüketiminin karbon dioksit salınımı üzerindeki etkisini
analiz etme amacını taşır. Sonuçlar, orta ve yüksek gelirli ülkeler grubu için değişkenler arasında
bir uzun dönem denge ilişkisinin varlığını göstermektedir. Ayrıca, bu iki ülke grubu için enerji
tüketiminden karbon dioksit salınımına doğru işleyen bir nedensellik tespit edilmiştir. Parametre
tahminleri, karbon dioksit salınımının enerji elastikiyetinin orta gelirli ülke grubunda yüksek gelirli
ülke grubuna göre daha yüksek olduğunu kanıtlamaktadır. Söz konusu ampirik bulgular, önemli
politika çıkarımları sunmaktadır.

Keywords

Enerji tüketimi, kirlilik, panel eşbütünleşme, panel nedensellik

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