Influence of Extreme Events in Electric Energy Consumption and Gross Domestic Product

Fabrício Vieira, Maurício Aparecido Ribeiro, Antonio Carlos de Francisco and Giane Gonçalves Lenzi
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Fabrício Vieira: Federal Technological University of Paraná, Ponta Grossa 84016-210, Paraná, Brazil
Maurício Aparecido Ribeiro: Federal Technological University of Paraná, Ponta Grossa 84016-210, Paraná, Brazil
Antonio Carlos de Francisco: Federal Technological University of Paraná, Ponta Grossa 84016-210, Paraná, Brazil
Giane Gonçalves Lenzi: Federal Technological University of Paraná, Ponta Grossa 84016-210, Paraná, Brazil

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 3, 1-19

Abstract: The objective of this paper was to identify how extreme events can indicate periods of economic instability in variables from the economic and environmental context (per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP), per capita electric energy consumption, and per capita carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emission). The research is limited to the population of the country (Brazil) and five cities of Paraná (Curitiba, Londrina, Maringá, Ponta Grossa, and Cascavel). Therefore, the major research interest was focused on finding information related to extreme events and other techniques that are used for interpretation of complex systems currently. The development was based on data collection. The results indicated that extreme events have influence in periods of economic instability. They also evidenced that there is greater correlation in GDP data/electric energy consumption than in GDP data/CO 2 emissions or electric energy consumption/CO 2 emissions.

Keywords: extreme events; electric energy consumption; CO 2 emission; Domestic Product—GDP (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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