The Relationship Between Energy Consumption and Economic Growth in South and Southeast Asian Countries: A Panel VAR Approach and Causality Analysis

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  • Anthony N. Rezitis
  • Shaikh Mostak Ahammad PhD Candidate, Department of Business Administration of Food and Agricultural Enterprises University of Patras G. Seferi 2, Agrinio 30 100, Greece & Associate Professor, Department of Accounting, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University Dinajpur 5200, Bangladesh

Abstract

This study investigates the dynamic relationship between energy consumption and economic growth in nine South and Southeast Asian countries (i.e., Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Thailand) using a panel data framework. The period for the study is 1990–2012, and the World Bank Development Indicators dataset is used. This study applies a panel vector autoregression (VAR) model to provide impulse response functions (IRFs), which enable the impact of shocks to be examined between real gross domestic product (GDP), energy use (ENERGY), real gross fixed capital formation (GFC), and total labor force (LABOR). In addition, panel Granger causality tests are employed to examine the direction of causality between energy consumption and economic growth. The IRFs show that the shocks of all the variables require a long period to reach the long-run equilibrium level and the greatest response of each variable is attributed to its own shock. The panel Granger causality results evidence bidirectional causality effects between energy consumption and economic growth, which supports the feedback hypothesis, meaning that these variables have strong interdependency between each other. Therefore, policy regarding energy consumption should be considered carefully.Keywords: Panel VAR; Panel impulse response functions; Panel Granger causality; SAARC, ASEAN; Energy consumptionJEL Classification: C01; C33; O53; Q43

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2015-07-13

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Rezitis, A. N., & Ahammad, S. M. (2015). The Relationship Between Energy Consumption and Economic Growth in South and Southeast Asian Countries: A Panel VAR Approach and Causality Analysis. International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 5(3), 704–715. Retrieved from https://econjournals.com.tr/index.php/ijeep/article/view/1242

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