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Renewable Energy Consumption, Political And Institutional Factors: Evidence From A Group Of European, Asian And Latin American Countries

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  • NICHOLAS APERGIS

    (Department of Banking and Financial Management, University of Piraeus, 80, Karaoli & Dimitriou, 18534 Piraeus, Greece)

  • SOFIA ELEFTHERIOU

    (Department of Business Administration, University of Piraeus, 80, Karaoli & Dimitriou, 18534 Piraeus, Greece)

Abstract

This paper explores the dynamic relationships between renewable energy consumption and a number of institutional and political factors for a group of countries from Europe, Asia and Latin America spanning the period 1995–2011. The paper employs the methodology of long and short-run panel causality approach as well as the methodology of the panel Error Correction model. The empirical findings provide strong evidence that, after controlling the economic environment, both political and institutional factors exert a strong and statistically significant effect on renewable energy consumption. These findings are expected to have serious implications for policies related to clean energy.

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  • Nicholas Apergis & Sofia Eleftheriou, 2015. "Renewable Energy Consumption, Political And Institutional Factors: Evidence From A Group Of European, Asian And Latin American Countries," The Singapore Economic Review (SER), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 60(01), pages 1-19.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:serxxx:v:60:y:2015:i:01:n:s0217590815500083
    DOI: 10.1142/S0217590815500083
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    Keywords

    Renewable energy consumption; political and institutional factors; panel error correction; panel causality; Q40; K00; C33;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q40 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - General
    • K00 - Law and Economics - - General - - - General (including Data Sources and Description)
    • C33 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models

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