Relationship between energy intensity andCO(2)emissions: Does economic policy matter?

Danish D., ULUCAK R., Khan S.

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, cilt.28, sa.5, ss.1457-1464, 2020 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 28 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1002/sd.2098
  • Dergi Adı: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, IBZ Online, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, PASCAL, ABI/INFORM, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, Aqualine, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, CAB Abstracts, Environment Index, Geobase, Greenfile, PAIS International, Political Science Complete, Pollution Abstracts, Public Affairs Index, Sociological abstracts, Veterinary Science Database, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1457-1464
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: CO(2)emissions, energy intensity, economic policy uncertainty, the United States, ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVE, CO2 EMISSIONS, GROWTH, HYPOTHESIS, GLOBALIZATION, CONSUMPTION, INNOVATION, QUALITY
  • Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In an environment with economic policy uncertainty, the policies of energy efficiency are probably compromised due to weak regulation measures. Inconsistent economic policies may lead to higher energy consumption, which damages the environment. However, works of literature are silent on the role of economic policy uncertainty in carbon emission and energy nexus. Hence, the study is an attempt to investigate the role of economic policy uncertainty in the relationship between energy intensity and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the United States by using annual data spanning from 1985 to 2017. A recent time series method proposed by Jordan and Philips (2018) is employed to get robust and consistent estimation results in the study. Empirical results reveal that (a) higher energy intensity contributes to pollution, (b) economic policy uncertainty adversely affects environmental quality, (c) economic policy uncertainty strengthens the detrimental effect of energy intensity on CO(2)emissions.