Empirical study on the environmental Kuznets curve for CO2 in France: The role of nuclear energy
Empirical study on the environmental Kuznets curve for CO2 in France: The role of nuclear energy
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DOI：
10.1016/j.enpol.2010.03.031
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发表时间：
2010-08-01
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9
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Samreth, Sovannroeun
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作者：
Iwata, Hiroki;Okada, Keisuke;Samreth, Sovannroeun
本文试图通过考虑核能在电力生产中的作用来估计法国的环境库兹涅茨曲线（EKC）。我们采用自回归分布滞后（ARDL）方法作为协整的估计方法。此外，我们检验了估计模型的稳定性，并研究了系统中变量之间的格兰杰因果关系。我们的估计结果为支持EKC假设提供了证据，并且估计的模型在样本周期内是稳定的。伤亡试验证实了其他变量对CO2排放的单向运行。具体来说，从核能到二氧化碳排放的单向因果关系在统计上为核能在减少二氧化碳排放中的重要作用提供了证据。(C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd.版权所有。
This paper attempts to estimate the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) in the case of France by taking the role of nuclear energy in electricity production into account. We adopt the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach to cointegration as the estimation method. Additionally, we examine the stability of the estimated models and investigate the Granger causality relationships between the variables in the system. The results from our estimation provide evidence supporting the EKC hypothesis, and the estimated models are shown to be stable over the sample period. The uni-direction running from other variables to CO2 emissions are confirmed from the casualty tests. Specifically, the uni-directional causality relationship running from nuclear energy to CO2 emissions statistically provides evidence on the important role of nuclear energy in reducing CO2 emissions. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.