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标题：Effects of Economic Growth on CO2 Emissions in the “Congo Basin” Countries
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作者：Nkengfack Hilaire ; Hervé Kaffo Fotio
期刊名称：International Journal of Economics and Finance
印刷版ISSN：1916-971X
电子版ISSN：1916-9728
出版年度：2014
卷号：7
期号：1
页码：107
DOI：10.5539/ijef.v7n1p107
语种：English
出版社：Canadian Center of Science and Education
摘要：This study examines the effects of economic growth on the carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions of a sample of four countries of the Congo Basin. Cointegration tests by the distributed lags or AutoRegressive Distributed Lags (ARDL) developed by Pesaran et al. (1997, 2001) is applied to data on Cameroon, Congo, Gabon and the Democratic Republic of Congo for the period from 1978 to 2012 and indicates the existence of a long term relationship between the variables. The results show that the economic growth has a positive impact on CO 2 emissions in these countries. Also, the consumption of energy, population density and industrial activities increase CO 2 emissions significantly in these countries, while the commercial opening does not have a significant impact.