Impact of Renewable Energy Consumption and Health Expenditure on Air Pollutants: Implications for Sustainable Development in ASEAN Countries

Tabish Nawab (), Mohibullah Afghan () and Christian Muneza ()
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Tabish Nawab: PhD Scholar/ Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul, Turkey
Mohibullah Afghan: Department of Economics, Ibn Haldun university, Istanbul, Turkey
Christian Muneza: Department of Economics, Istanbul, Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul, Turkey

iRASD Journal of Energy and Environment, 2021, vol. 2, issue 2, 78-89

Abstract: This study examined the association between economic development and environmental degradation in the presence of health expenditure and renewable energy for selected 6 ASEAN nations covering the period of 2000 to 2018. Before estimating the model, firstly check the stationary of variables for this purpose Levin Lin Chu unit root applied, results indicate that all variables are stationary at level. GMM is efficient in eliminating fixed/random effects in the model and overcoming the problem of endogeneity. For causal analysis, we used Granger causality test. The results indicate a bi-directional association between the consumption of energy and carbon emission. There exists a uni-directional association among Economic development, expenditure on health, and environmental degradation. GMM results indicate that spending on the health sector and the consumption of renewable energy sectors decline the environmental degradation level; on the other hand, economic growth boosts the ASEAN nations' carbon emission level. The study's recommendation is to increase the level of economic development by enhancing the energy sector from non-renewable energy to renewable energy. As it boosts the level of economic growth, which ultimately improves health development and technologies, which will strengthen the health facilities in the nation and reduce the level of carbon production that helps keep the environment healthy and clean.

Keywords: Carbon dioxide emissions; Renewable energy consumption; Health expenditures; Dynamic GMM; ASEAN countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.52131/jee.2021.0202.0019

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