Does renewable energy consumption drive economic growth: Evidence from Granger-causality technique

Hlalefang Khobai and Pierre Le Roux

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Abstract: This study investigates the causal relationship between renewable energy consumption and economic growth in South Africa. It incorporates carbon dioxide emissions, capital formation and trade openness as additional variables to form a multivariate framework. Quarterly data is used for the period 1990 – 2014 and is tested for stationarity using the Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF), Dickey Fuller Generalised Least Squares (DF-GLS) and Phillips and Perron (PP) unit root tests. The study employs the Autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model to examine the long run relationship among the variables. Lastly, the study determines the direction of causality between the variables using the Vector Error Correction Model (VECM). The results validated an existence of a long run relationship between the variables. Moreover, a unidirectional causality flowing from renewable energy consumption to economic growth was established in the long run. The short run results suggested a unidirectional causality flowing from economic growth to renewable energy consumption. The findings of the study suggest that an appropriate and effective public policy is required in the long run, while considering sustainable economic growth and development

Keywords: Renewable energy consumption; Economic growth; Causality; South Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q2 Q21 Q27 Q4 Q42 Q43 Q48 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-11-06
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-ene, nep-env, nep-gro and nep-reg
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Journal Article: Does Renewable Energy Consumption Drive Economic Growth: Evidence from Granger-Causality Technique (2018)
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