The causal relationship between coal consumption and economic growth in the BRICS countries : evidence from panel-Granger causality tests

dc.contributor.authorChang, Tsangyao
dc.contributor.authorDeale, Frederick W.
dc.contributor.authorGupta, Rangan
dc.contributor.authorHefer, Roulof
dc.contributor.authorInglesi-Lotz, Roula
dc.contributor.authorSimo-Kengne, Beatrice Desiree
dc.contributor.emailroula.inglesi-lotz@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-09T09:48:49Z
dc.date.issued2017-02
dc.description.abstractThis paper empirically analyses the causal linkages between coal consumption and economic growth in the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) using annual data from 1985 to 2009. Due to the common directions and principals of the BRICS countries with regards to energy, the employed panel causality methodology is chosen to account for both cross-section dependence and heterogeneity across countries. Empirical results provide evidence of no causal relationship between the two variables; suggesting that neither coal consumption nor economic growth is sensitive to each other. While this finding vindicates the neutrality hypothesis overall for the BRICS countries, the individual country results provide support for a unidirectional causality running from coal consumption to economic growth for China; the opposite for South Africa and bidirectional for India. Policies to reduce coal consumption will have a detrimental effect to India’s economy. However, in the rest of the countries, policy makers should aim at step further from fossil-fuel generation – and specifically coal – of energy without the potential risks of having an impact to the economic growth and development.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentEconomicsen_ZA
dc.description.embargo2018-02-28
dc.description.librarianhb2017en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/loi/geno20en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationTsangyao Chang, Derick Deale, Rangan Gupta, Roulof Hefer, Roula Inglesi-Lotz & Beatrice Simo-Kengne (2017) The causal relationship between coal consumption and economic growth in the BRICS countries: Evidence from panel-Granger causality tests, Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy, 12:2, 138-146, DOI: 10.1080/15567249.2014.912696.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1556-7249 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1556-7257 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1080/15567249.2014.912696
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/59347
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherTaylor and Francisen_ZA
dc.rights© 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This is an electronic version of an article published in Energy Sources, Part B : Economics, Planning and Policy, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 138-146, 2017. doi : 10.1080/15567249.2014.912696. Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning and Policy is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.comloi/geno20.en_ZA
dc.subjectCoal consumptionen_ZA
dc.subjectCross-sectional dependencyen_ZA
dc.subjectEconomic growthen_ZA
dc.subjectHeterogeneityen_ZA
dc.subjectPanel causality testen_ZA
dc.subjectBrazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS)en_ZA
dc.titleThe causal relationship between coal consumption and economic growth in the BRICS countries : evidence from panel-Granger causality testsen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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