Impact of globalization, institutional quality, economic growth, electricity and renewable energy consumption on Carbon Dioxide Emission in OECD countries

Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2022 Apr;29(16):24191-24202. doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-17076-3. Epub 2021 Nov 25.

Abstract

This research for the first time examines the influence of the financial development, stock market, globalization, institutional quality, economic growth, electricity, and renewable energy consumption on carbon dioxide emission from 1985 to 2018 in thirty-six (OECD) countries. Cointegrations exist in the used variables based on the examined findings of the Kao, Westerlund, and Pedroni cointegration. Findings of the pooled mean group (PMG) indicate that renewable energy consumption, globalization, and institutional quality assist to reduce the carbon dioxide emission that improve the environment while financial development, stock market, electricity consumption, and economic growth cause to increase the carbon dioxide emission in OECD countries both in the long and in the short run. To reduce carbon dioxide emission, important policy implications are suggested for OECD countries.

Keywords: Economic growth; Financial development; Globalization; Institutional quality; Stock market.

MeSH terms

  • Carbon Dioxide*
  • Economic Development*
  • Electricity
  • Internationality
  • Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development
  • Renewable Energy

Substances

  • Carbon Dioxide