The impact of digital economy on energy transition across the globe: The mediating role of government governance

Muhammad Shahbaz, Jianda Wang, Kangyin Dong () and Jun Zhao

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022, vol. 166, issue C

Abstract: Considering the potential relationship between the digital economy and energy transition, we investigate the effect of the digital economy on the structure of renewable energy consumption and generation by employing panel data of 72 countries covering the period 2003–2019. We also investigate the mediating effect of government governance, asymmetry, and heterogeneity between the digital economy and energy transition, and draw several results. First, the digital economy positively affects energy transition; in other words, a 1% increase in the digital economy will boost the renewable energy consumption structure by 0.021% and renewable energy generation structure by 0.106%. Moreover, the digital economy stimulates the renewable energy transition by promoting governments’ governance capabilities. In addition, according to the asymmetric check, the positive effect of the digital economy on energy transition is stronger at higher quantiles. Finally, heterogeneity results indicate that the digital economy positively contributes to renewable energy transition in the high-income countries, and there are regional heterogeneities in the impact of the digital economy on energy transition. These research findings offer valuable policy implications for governments and scholars.

Keywords: Energy transition; Digital economy; Renewable energy consumption; Renewable energy generation; Government governance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 L86 O13 P28 Q28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2022.112620

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