Energy Consumption and Economic Growth: Evidence from Vietnam

Authors

  • Ha Minh Nguyen Ho Chi Minh City Open University
  • Ngoc Hoang Bui Graduate School, Ho Chi Minh City Open University, University of Labour and Social Affairs
  • Duc Hong Vo Business and Economics Research Group, Ho Chi Minh City Open University
  • Michael McAleer Department of Finance, Asia University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-7092.2019.08.30

Keywords:

Energy consumption, renewable and sustainable energy, economic growth, economic development, ARDL, Granger causality.

Abstract

The importance of non-renewable, renewable and sustainable energy sources and energy consumption in the economic development strategy of a country is undeniable. The purpose of the paper is to investigate the impacts of energy consumption on the economic growth of Vietnam during the 1980-2014 period. By applying the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model of Pesaran et al. (2001), and the Granger causality test of Toda and Yamamoto (1995), the empirical results provide evidence that electricity consumption has positive impacts on Vietnam's economic growth in both the short run and long run. For public policy prescriptions, the empirical evidence suggests that an exploration of new sources of renewable and sustainable energy is essential for long run economic development.

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2019-07-02

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Nguyen, H. M., Bui, N. H., Vo, D. H., & McAleer, M. (2019). Energy Consumption and Economic Growth: Evidence from Vietnam. Journal of Reviews on Global Economics, 8, 350–361. https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-7092.2019.08.30

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