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Internet Usage, Electricity Consumption and Economic Growth: Evidence from a Panel of Developing-8 Countries

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  • Marzieh Rahimi

    (Department of Economics, Abarkouh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Abarkouh, Iran,)

  • Abbas Alavi Rad

    (Department of Economics, Abarkouh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Abarkouh, Iran)

Abstract

This paper attempts to estimate the short- and long-run effects of Internet usage and economic growth on electricity consumption using developing-8 (D-8) countries panel data for the period of 1990-2013. The paper employs panel unit root test, panel cointegration test, the pooled mean group regression technique and Dumitrescu Hurlin causality test. The results show that Internet usage effect on electricity consumption only in the long-run. However, economic growth effects on electricity consumption in both the short- and long-run. Causality results imply that Internet use causes electricity consumption. It is clear that with the expansion of Internet usage in D-8 countries in the long-run, the electricity demand will rise as evident from our findings. Therefore, D-8 countries to response for increasing demand for electricity need to improve electricity generation efficiency. In addition, D-8 countries should consider the increasing demand for electricity and subsequently its increasing consumption will raise the level of CO2 emissions.

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  • Marzieh Rahimi & Abbas Alavi Rad, 2017. "Internet Usage, Electricity Consumption and Economic Growth: Evidence from a Panel of Developing-8 Countries," International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, Econjournals, vol. 7(3), pages 152-156.
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    Keywords

    Electricity Consumption; Internet Usage; Developing-8 Countries; Panel Data; Pooled Mean Group;
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    JEL classification:

    • L94 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Electric Utilities
    • O4 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity
    • Q4 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy
    • Q42 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Alternative Energy Sources
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development

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