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THE DIVERSE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC DIGITALIZATION ON CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS ACROSS COUNTRIES
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- Issue Date
- 2024-05-30
- Citation
- Seoul Journal of Economics, Vol.37 No.2
- Abstract
- This study examines the impact of economic digitalization on
CO2 emissions by using the data of 100 countries from 2008 to
2019. First, we divide our sample into different income-level groups
and use the Bayesian panel regression method to examine how
economic digitalization can impact CO2 emissions in each group.
Second, we conduct Bayesian quantile regression on the whole
sample to determine how the different digital economies affect CO2
emissions across the quantile levels. The results obtained by the
two approaches are consistent. We find that ICT infrastructure
can increase CO2 emissions in the less-developed countries but
help reduce CO2 emissions in the developed countries. ICT-related
industry activities can help reduce CO2 emissions in nearly all the
countries, but the impact differs across the countries. By contrast,
ICT product and service exports can lead to an increase in CO2
emissions, but the effect is relatively small and will decrease
gradually as the CO2 emissions level rises. Our results can provide
helpful information and implications to policymakers to fully employ
the advantages of economic digitalization to reduce CO2 emissions.
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- 1225-0279
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