Does the Interaction Between ICT Diffusion and Economic Growth Reduce CO2 Emissions? An ARDL Approach

Ismahene Yahyaoui ()
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Ismahene Yahyaoui: Faculty of Economic and Management of Sousse, University of Sousse

Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 2024, vol. 15, issue 1, No 26, 681 pages

Abstract: Abstract In recent years, information and communication technologies (ICT) and their impact on economic growth and CO2 emissions have become a very controversial subject; however, little research has been conducted regarding the impact of the interaction between ICT and economic growth on CO2 emission. The study tries to evaluate empirically the impact of ICT and economic growth on CO2 emissions of Tunisia and Morocco for the period 1980–2018, based on the Auto-Regressive Distributive Lag (ARDL) analysis. Findings demonstrate that ICT and economic growth affect positively and significantly the CO2 emissions in the short a both in Tunisia and Morocco. Also, our results demonstrate that ICT and economic growth have a positive impact on CO2 emissions in the long run both in Tunisia and Morocco; however, the direct and positive effect of economic growth on CO2 emissions can be ameliorated by introducing the interaction between ICT and economic growth. The Toda-Yamamoto Granger causality test reveals that bi-directional causality is running between economic growth and CO2 emissions in both countries. On the other hand, our obtained results express that there is a unidirectional causality running from ICT to CO2 emissions in both countries. So, the promotion of ICT can be considered one of the important strategies introduced to reduce CO2 emissions. Then, introducing green ICT projects in various sectors of an economy is a better choice for policy makers to decrease the CO2 emissions.

Keywords: Economic growth; ICT; CO2 emissions; Tunisia; Morocco; ARDL (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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