Impact of Renewable Energy and Tax Regulation on Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in OECD Countries: CS-ARDL Approach[Вклад Возобновляемой Энергетики И Налогового Регулирования В Сокращение Эмиссии Парниковых Газов В Странах Оэср: Cs-Ardl-Подход]

The global agenda recognizes the necessity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for sustainable long-term development. In this regard, the strategic priorities of many countries in the field of energy are focused on renewable energy sources. At the current stage of development, the technological transition to renewable and clean energy requires the search for compromise solutions in the field of economic policy, including an understanding of the role of tax regulation. Th is paper examines how the use of renewable energy sources impacts the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), considering the domestic extraction of primary resources and innovative activity. Attention is also paid to the role of tax policy in the eff ectiveness of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The panel data of OECD countries (1991–2018) was analyzed, and the non-stationarity and the cross-correlation across countries were demonstrated, as well as the presence of time series cointegration. The above requires the use of modern techniques in order to build CS-ARDL models (cross-section augmented autoregressive distributed lag modeling) to reliably estimate the short-term and long-term impact of the factors. These results support the hypothesis of the good contribution of renewable energy to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, as well as demonstrate its long-term positive impact. At the same time, a signifi cant contribution is found in countries with stricter tax policies in the field of environmental protection. The obtained results are discussed in the conclusion section, and so are some recommendations for Russian economic policy. The present work may be useful within the scope of establishing research consensus in the area under consideration, and also prove to be of some methodological interest.