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Energy Productivity and Environmental Degradation in Germany: Evidence from Novel Fourier Approaches

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  • Kwaku Addai

    (Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, European University of Lefke, Lefke 99770, Turkey)

  • Rahmi Deniz Ozbay

    (Department of Economics, Faculty of Business, İstanbul Commerce University, Istanbul 34445, Turkey)

  • Rui Alexandre Castanho

    (Faculty of Applied Sciences, WSB University, 41-300 Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland
    College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, P.O. Box 524, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa)

  • Sema Yilmaz Genc

    (Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administration Sciences, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul 34220, Turkey)

  • Gualter Couto

    (School of Business and Economics and CEEAplA, University of Azores, 9500-321 Ponta Delgada, Portugal)

  • Dervis Kirikkaleli

    (Department of Banking and Finance, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, European University of Lefke, Mersin 10, Lefke 99010, Turkey)

Abstract

The increased consumption of fossil fuels worldwide has resulted in unprecedented historic environmental degradation and global warming. According to the United Nations, this is both the defining crisis of our time and a race the world could win given the right policy attention. Researchers seek to find critical pathways to provide policy recommendations for reducing environmental degradation. This paper aims to investigate the effect of energy productivity on environmental degradation in Germany while controlling for economic growth, primary energy consumption, and globalization for the period between 1990Q1 and 2019Q4. The outcomes of the Fourier ARDL long-run estimates indicate that (i) both energy productivity and globalization have a negative effect on carbon emissions in Germany, and (ii) both economic growth and primary energy consumption have positive effects on carbon dioxide emissions. These outcomes provide significant policy insights to EU members with respect to reducing their reliance on Russian energy imports amidst the rising energy bills and ongoing geopolitical war with Ukraine while increasing investments to realize their energy turnaround policy objectives.

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  • Kwaku Addai & Rahmi Deniz Ozbay & Rui Alexandre Castanho & Sema Yilmaz Genc & Gualter Couto & Dervis Kirikkaleli, 2022. "Energy Productivity and Environmental Degradation in Germany: Evidence from Novel Fourier Approaches," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(24), pages 1-18, December.
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