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Testing how financial development led to energy efficiency? Environmental consideration as a mediating concern
Linyun Zhang1, Feiming Huang1, Lu Lu2
1College of Finance, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang, 330013, Jiangxi, China.
Environmental Science and Pollution Research International
|October 7, 2021
Summary
Financial development impacts energy efficiency and economic growth differently in Indonesia and Turkey. Indonesia shows long-term links between CO2 emissions and macroeconomic factors, while Turkey
Area of Science:
- Environmental Economics
- Macroeconomics
- Sustainable Development
Background:
- Investigates the intricate relationship between financial development, energy efficiency, and economic growth.
- Focuses on Indonesia and Turkey due to their concurrent economic expansion, trade openness, financial development, and urbanization.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze the macroeconomic drivers of environmental quality, specifically CO2 emissions.
- To determine the long-term and causal relationships between financial development, economic growth, energy consumption, trade openness, and urbanization in Indonesia and Turkey.
Main Methods:
- Utilizes Johansen cointegration, error correction models, and Granger causality tests.
- Applies time-series econometric analysis to validate predicted effects of economic activity on the environment.
Main Results:
- Indonesia exhibits a long-term relationship between CO2 emissions and five macroeconomic factors, with urbanization negatively impacting carbon emissions.
- Turkey shows no cointegration among the studied variables, but reveals unidirectional causality from energy consumption and economic growth to economic growth.
- Economic growth, energy consumption, and trade openness demonstrate a two-way causal effect on financial development in Turkey.
Conclusions:
- Highlights the differing impacts of macroeconomic factors on environmental quality in Indonesia and Turkey.
- Recommends that policymakers in both nations strengthen environmental regulations.
- Suggests further research in other economies to inform global environmental strategies.
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