Economic growth, urbanization and energy consumption

Wei Zheng and Patrick Walsh ()

No 201817, Working Papers from Geary Institute, University College Dublin

Abstract: As the largest developing country, with fast-paced economic growth, China’s development has been characterized by a high degree of energy consumption, high level of heavy industry, international trade and urbanization progress. In this study, we extend the current literature by incorporating urbanization, energy consumption and international trade into a production function using a panel data set model over the period from 2001 to 2012. The results show that urbanization and capital are the major contributors to China’s economic growth. Meanwhile, there exists a “U-shaped” relationship between urbanization and economic growth; that heavy industry exerts a significant negative effect on economic growth by using system generalized methods of moments (GMM-sys) estimation methods; and the relationship between international trade and economic growth is mixed and no consistent results support the conclusion that the international trade promotes economic growth. Adjusting the industry and trade structure in economic growth is now the priority.

Keywords: Economic growth; Energy Consumption; Urbanization; Trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35 pages
Date: 2018-07-27
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