Another look at the relationship between energy consumption, carbon dioxide emissions, and economic growth in South Africa

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 655; pp. 759 - 765
• Main Authors: Bekun, Festus Victor, Emir, Fırat, Sarkodie, Samuel Asumadu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 10.03.2019
• Subjects: capital; carbon dioxide; Combined cointegration; Dynamic causality; economic development; emissions; Energy conservation hypothesis; Energy consumption; energy efficiency; labor; South Africa; South Africa; Energy consumption; C32; Q5; C23; Dynamic causality; Energy conservation hypothesis; South Africa; Combined cointegration

This study explores the energy use and economic growth nexus from 1960 to 2016 in South Africa while accounting for capital, labour, and carbon dioxide emissions. We applied Bayer and Hanck (2013) combined co-integration approach, Pesaran et al. (2001) bounds test and Kripfganz and Schneider (2018)...