The nexus between tourism, economic growth, renewable energy consumption, and carbon dioxide emissions: contemporary evidence from OECD countries

Dogru T., BULUT Ü., KOÇAK E., IŞIK C., Suess C., Sirakaya-Turk E.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH, vol.27, no.32, pp.40930-40948, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 27 Issue: 32
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s11356-020-10110-w
  • Journal Name: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, IBZ Online, ABI/INFORM, Aerospace Database, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, Aqualine, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, Environment Index, Geobase, MEDLINE, Pollution Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Page Numbers: pp.40930-40948
  • Keywords: Tourism development, Renewable energy, Economic growth, Environmental pollution, Bootstrap panel cointegration, ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVE, FOREIGN DIRECT-INVESTMENT, MITIGATE CO2 EMISSIONS, PANEL UNIT-ROOT, CLIMATE-CHANGE, FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT, COAL CONSUMPTION, COINTEGRATION, TRADE, INCOME
  • Anadolu University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The relationship between tourism development, economic growth, renewable energy consumption, and carbon dioxide emissions has been examined in a variety of contexts; however, the extant studies report contradictory findings mainly due to utilizing arbitrary empirical techniques. We present a comprehensive literature review and the effects of tourism development, economic growth, and renewable energy consumption on the carbon dioxide (CO2) emission. Specifically, the effects of gross domestic product, renewable energy consumption, and tourism receipts on carbon dioxide emissions in OECD countries are examined utilizing the bootstrap panel cointegration technique and the augmented mean group estimator. The results showed that tourism development has negative and significant effects on CO(2)emission in Canada, Czechia, and Turkey, while tourism development has positive and significant effects on CO(2)emission in Italy, Luxembourg, and the Slovak Republic. Also, Belgium, France, New Zealand, and the Slovak Republic have shifted towards sustainable tourism practices. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.