Energy use, international trade and economic growth nexus in Australia: New evidence from an extended growth model

Mohammad Mafizur Rahman and Shamsul Arifeen Khan Mamun

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016, vol. 64, issue C, 806-816

Abstract: This study investigates the existence of either energy-led growth hypothesis or trade-led growth in Australia for a 53-year period (1960–2012) using a multivariate extended growth model. The econometric techniques used in this study are Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) bounds testing approach of cointegration, the Granger Causality Test and Impulse Response Functions. The study finds the evidence of no long-run cointegration between the variables of interest. Granger causality test confirms bidirectional causal relationship between international trade and per capita GDP growth, but does not find any Granger causal relationship between energy use and per capita GDP growth. Thus, this study provides an evidence of the trade-led growth hypothesis over the energy-led growth hypothesis for the Australian macroeconomy.

Keywords: Q4; F1; F64; O4; C32; Energy use; International trade; Economic growth; Australia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2016.06.039

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