Renewable, non-renewable energy consumption, economic growth, trade openness and ecological footprint: Evidence from organisation for economic Co-operation and development countries

JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

卷:242

Article

Destek, Mehmet Akif¹  Sinha, Avik² 

[1] Gaziantep Univ, Dept Econ, Gaziantep, Turkey

[2] Goa Inst Management, Gen Management & Econ, Sattari, Goa, India

关键词: Ecological footprint;    Environmental Kuznets curve;    Renewable energy;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.118537

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

The purpose of this study is to examine the validity of Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis for ecological footprint with the role of renewable energy use, non-renewable energy use and trade openness in 24 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries. For this purpose, we investigate the period from 1980 to 2014 using with second generation panel data methodologies which allow to cross-sectional dependence among countries. The group-mean results show that the inverted U-shaped Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis does not hold in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries because we found the U-shaped relationship between economic growth and ecological footprint. In addition, it is concluded that increasing renewable energy consumption reduces ecological footprint and increasing non-renewable energy consumption increases environmental degradation. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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