The Determinants of CO2 Emissions in the Context of ESG Models at World Level

Alberto Costantiello () and Angelo Leogrande

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Abstract: We estimate the determinants of CO2 Emissions-COE in the context of Environmental, Social and Governance-ESG model at world level. We use data of the World Bank for 193 countries in the period 2011-2020. We found that the level of COE is positively associated, among others to “Methane Emissions”, “Research and Development Expenditures”, and negatively associated among others to “Renewable Energy Consumption” and “Mean Drought Index”. Furthermore, we have applied a cluster analysis with the k-Means algorithm optimized with the Elbow Method and we find the presence of four cluster. Finally, we apply eight machine-learning algorithms for the prediction of the future value of COE and we find that the Artificial Neural Network-ANN algorithm is the best predictor. The ANN predicts a reduction in the level of COE equal to 5.69% on average for the analysed countries.

Keywords: Analysis of Collective Decision-Making; General; Political Processes: Rent-Seeking; Lobbying; Elections; Legislatures; and Voting Behaviour; Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption; Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation; Implementation. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D7 D70 D72 D73 D78 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-04-20
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Related works:
Working Paper: THE DETERMINANTS OF CO2 EMISSIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF ESG MODELS AT WORLD LEVEL (2024)
Working Paper: THE DETERMINANTS OF CO2 EMISSIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF ESG MODELS AT WORLD LEVEL (2024)
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