| Autor: |
Bekhzod Djalilov, Islomjon Kobiljonov, Raufhon Salahodjaev |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, Vol 13, Iss 4 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2146-4553 |
| DOI: |
10.32479/ijeep.11885 |
| Popis: |
This study investigates the relationship between internet users, a proxy for digital human capital, and CO2 emissions in a sample of Post-Communist countries over the period 1990-2019. The results suggest that internet diffusion is negatively and significantly correlated with CO2 emission even after controlling for other economic antecedents of environmental degradation. Moreover, using fixed effects two-stage least squares estimator, we document that internet has causal impact on carbon emissions. In the full specification, a 10 percentage points increase in internet use leads to 4.2% decrease in CO2 emissions across Post-Communist countries. These results remain intact even when we introduce additional control variables in the model and conduct analysis on sub-samples. The papers highlights that human capital leads to sustainable development in developing countries. |
| Databáze: |
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