Khanal, Avishek 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1470-0297
(2021)
The role of ICT and energy consumption on carbon
emissions: an Australian evidence using cointegration test and ARDL long-run and short-run methodology.
International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 11 (5).
pp. 441-449.
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Abstract
Information and communication technology (ICT) and energy consumption have substantially increased use over the last decade. It has become one of the essential aspects for improving the standard of life for many people. This study investigates the impact of internet use and energy consumption on the carbon emissions (CO2 emissions) using annual data from 1990 to 2019. For this investigation, ADF and PP unit root tests were applied with the Zivot-Andrews structural break for the unit root test. The paper implements the ARDL cointegration test, JJ cointegration test, and Bayer-Hanck test to check the long-run relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2), internet use, and energy consumption with GDP and total population. The cointegration test results show that there exists a long-run relationship between the variables. The long-run findings reveal a negative impact of ICT on the environment, whereas energy consumption has a positive and significant impact on the environment. According to the short-run dynamics results, both internet usage and energy consumption have a positive and statistically significant impact. Thus, the government should increase subsidies and boost the adoption of high-efficiency appliances to lower energy usage.
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| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | This Journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts - School of Business (18 Jan 2021 -) |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts - School of Business (18 Jan 2021 -) |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Aug 2021 03:16 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Aug 2021 03:21 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | information and communication technology, energy consumption, CO2, cointegration tests, autoregressive distributed lag, Australia |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 14 Economics > 1402 Applied Economics > 140205 Environment and Resource Economics 14 Economics > 1402 Applied Economics > 140202 Economic Development and Growth 10 Technology > 1005 Communications Technologies > 100599 Communications Technologies not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 41 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 4101 Climate change impacts and adaptation > 410103 Human impacts of climate change and human adaptation 41 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 4101 Climate change impacts and adaptation > 410199 Climate change impacts and adaptation not elsewhere classified 38 ECONOMICS > 3801 Applied economics > 380105 Environment and resource economics |
| Socio-Economic Objectives (2020): | 22 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION SERVICES > 2204 Information systems, technologies and services > 220408 Information systems |
| Identification Number or DOI: | doi:10.32479/ijeep.11419 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/43426 |
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