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ESG performance and economic growth: a panel co-integration analysis

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  • Marc-Arthur Diaye

    (University Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne)

  • Sy-Hoa Ho

    (Duy-Tan University)

  • Rim Oueghlissi

    (University of Jendouba)

Abstract

How important a good ESG performance is for GDP per capita? In this paper we examine the economic effect of environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance in 29 OECD countries over the 1996–2014 period, using panel cointegration techniques. The application of cointegration methodology allows distinguishing between long run and short run effects. We find that, while there is a positive relationship between ESG and GDP per capita in the long run, such relationship does not exist in the short run. However when allowing for heterogeneity in the short term dynamics (Pooled Mean Group), two countries (Iceland and South Korea) benefit in the short run (w.r.t. GDP per capita) from their ESG performance.

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  • Marc-Arthur Diaye & Sy-Hoa Ho & Rim Oueghlissi, 2022. "ESG performance and economic growth: a panel co-integration analysis," Empirica, Springer;Austrian Institute for Economic Research;Austrian Economic Association, vol. 49(1), pages 99-122, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:empiri:v:49:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1007_s10663-021-09508-7
    DOI: 10.1007/s10663-021-09508-7
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    ESG; GDP per capita; Panel cointegration estimation;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development
    • O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General
    • E02 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General - - - Institutions and the Macroeconomy
    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes

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