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Toward sustainable electricity consumption in Brazil: the role of economic growth, globalization and ecological footprint using a nonlinear ARDL approach

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  • Abdulkadir Abdulrashid Rafindadi
  • Ojonugwa Usman

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This study investigates nonlinear effects of economic growth, globalization and ecological footprint on sustainable electricity consumption in Brazil using monthly time-series data from 1971M:01 to 2014M:12 and a nonlinear ARDL model. The results show that the effects of economic growth, globalization and ecological footprint on electricity consumption are asymmetric. A positive shock to economic growth increases electricity consumption more than a negative shock of the same magnitude causes electricity consumption to decline. In the case of globalization, the effect of a negative shock is stronger. Furthermore, the long-term effects of positive and negative shocks to the ecological footprint are negative but statistically significant only in the case of a positive shock while in the short term, the increasing effect of a positive shock to the ecological footprint is stronger than the reducing effect of a negative shock of the same magnitude. These findings are validated when globalization is disaggregated to economic, political and social dimensions.

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  • Abdulkadir Abdulrashid Rafindadi & Ojonugwa Usman, 2021. "Toward sustainable electricity consumption in Brazil: the role of economic growth, globalization and ecological footprint using a nonlinear ARDL approach," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 64(5), pages 905-929, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:64:y:2021:i:5:p:905-929
    DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2020.1791058
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