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The nexus between financial development and energy consumption: Estimating the role of foreign direct investment, economic growth and urbanization

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  • Jaleel Ahmed
  • Shuja ur Rehman
  • Zaid Zuhaira
  • Shoaib Nisar

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This study examines the impact of financial development on energy consumption for a wide array of countries. The estimators used for financial development are foreign direct investment, economic growth and urbanization. The study employed a panel data regression on 136 countries with time frame of years 1990 to 2019. The model in this study deploys system GMM technique to estimate the model. The results show that financial development has a significant negative impact on energy consumption overall. Foreign direct investment and urbanization has significant impact on energy consumption. Also, economic growth positive impact on energy consumption its mean that economic growth promotes energy consumption. When dividing further the sample into different groups of regions such as Asian, European, African, North/Latin American and Caribbean countries then mixed results related to the nexus between financial development and energy consumption with respect to economic growth, urbanization and foreign direct investment. The policymakers in these different groups of countries must balance the relationship between energy supply and demand to achieving the sustainable economic development.

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  • Jaleel Ahmed & Shuja ur Rehman & Zaid Zuhaira & Shoaib Nisar, 2022. "The nexus between financial development and energy consumption: Estimating the role of foreign direct investment, economic growth and urbanization," Energy & Environment, , vol. 33(8), pages 1562-1582, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:engenv:v:33:y:2022:i:8:p:1562-1582
    DOI: 10.1177/0958305X211045375
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