期刊名称：Ovidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series
电子版ISSN：2393-3127
出版年度：2018
卷号：18
期号：1
语种：English
出版社：Ovidius University Press
摘要：This study examines the causal relationship between energy consumption,trade intensity and environment in Nigeria and South Africa between 1981 and 2016. The study uses a causality analysis to examine the relationship between trade intensity,carbon emissions,real GDP per capita,energy consumption,investment,and the particulate emissions. We find that energy consumption granger causes the quality of environment in Nigeria and South Africa. However,trade unidirectionally causes CO2 emissions in South Africa and we observe a feedback effect between trade intensity and carbon emissions in Nigeria. We recommend that both countries should focus on attracting investments that will produce only clean goods such that composition effect can reduce emissions and improve environmental quality.
