Output, renewable energy consumption and trade in Africa

Mehdi Ben Jebli () and Slim Ben Youssef
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Mohamed Safouane BEN AISSA ()

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Abstract: We use panel cointegration techniques to examine the relationship between renewable energy consumption, trade and output in a sample of 11 African countries covering the period 1980-2008. The results from panel error correction model reveal that there is evidence of bidirectional causality between output and exports and between output and imports in both the short-run and the long-run. However, in the short-run, there is no evidence of causality between output and renewable energy consumption and between trade (exports or imports) and renewable energy consumption. In the long-run, the FMOLS panel approach estimation shows that renewable energy consumption and trade (exports or imports) have a statistically significant and positive impact on output. Policies recommendations are that, in the long-run, international trade enables African countries to benefit from technology transfer and to build the human and physical capacities needed to produce more renewable energies, which in turn increases their output.

Keywords: Renewable energy consumption; International trade; Africa; Panel cointegration. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C33 F14 Q42 Q43 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-04
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