Energy,human capital and economic growth in Asia Pacific countries — Evidence from a panel cointegration and causality analysis |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Business, SIM University, Singapore 599491, Singapore;2. School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637332, Singapore;1. Lund University, Sweden;2. Deakin University, Australia;1. Economic Analysis Department, Facultad de CC. Económicas y Empresariales, University of Seville, Ramon y Cajal 1, 41018 Seville, Spain;2. Economic Analysis Department, Facultad de CC. Económicas y Empresariales, University of Seville, Ramon y Cajal 1, 41018 Seville, Spain |
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| Abstract: | This paper examines the cointegration and causal relationship between energy consumption and economic development in 16 Asia Pacific countries over the period 1970–2011 using the augmented production function which considers not only physical capital and labor but also human capital. This is likely among the first of the energy–growth nexus literature to include human capital in the multivariate framework. Using recently developed panel unit root test and cointegration test that allow for cross-sectional dependence, this paper finds a long-run cointegrating relationship between these variables. Continuously-updated fully modified (Cup-FM) estimates are subsequently compared with panel heterogeneous fully modified ordinary least squares (FMOLS) results to confirm the importance of accounting for interdependence across countries. The bootstrap panel Granger causality test results find economic growth Granger cause energy use in the region but the relationship varies for individual countries. |
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