The net climate effect of digitalization, differentiating between firms and households

Thomas Kopp, Markus Nabernegg and Steffen Lange

Energy Economics, 2023, vol. 126, issue C

Abstract: While public debate and prominent studies expect digitalization to substantially reduce energy use and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, quantitative research has produced ambiguous results. This study addresses the challenges in the analysis of the relationship between a country’s digitalization level and CO2 emissions by employing the Group Fixed Effects estimator for panel data of EU and OECD countries and by differentiating between emissions associated with digitalization in firms and households.

Keywords: Climate change; Greenhouse gas emissions; Digitalization; ICT (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q54 Q55 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2023.106941

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