Population dynamics, environmental issues and public sector policies in South Asian economies: a panel co-integration analysis Online publication date: Tue, 05-Mar-2024
by Ramanpreet Kaur; Tushinder Preet Kaur
International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management (IJPSPM), Vol. 13, No. 2, 2024
Abstract: Environment degradation is the most challenging problem in today's world. In developing countries, it is frequently being dealt with by researchers. This paper has studied the panel co-integration and causality between urban population, energy usage and particulate matter (PM2.5) emission in selected countries (India, Pakistan and Bangladesh) of South Asia from 1990-2017. After checking the stationarity of the variables, Pedroni, Kao and Johanson Fisher co-integration tests have been used to check the co-integration among the variables. Granger causality test has concluded that there exists bi-directional causality among the variables in the long-run. The results prove that energy usage and urbanisation are responsible for continuous emission of particulate matter (PM2.5) in these countries. The results of this study will be useful for the government to make policies related to urbanisation and energy usage to maintain environment sustainability in the economies.
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