การบริโภคพลังงานสิ้นเปลือง พลังงานหมุนเวียน การปล่อยคาร์บอนไดออกไซด์และการเจริญเติบโตทางเศรษฐกิจ ของกลุ่มประเทศโออีซีดี

Abstract

This thesis aims to analyze the situation and the relationship among the consumption of nonrenewable energy, renewable energy, carbon emissions and economic growth in OECD countries. The study used descriptive statistic to analyze the situation and the panel vector autoregressive with exogenous variables model to analyze the relationship among the consumption of nonrenewable energy, renewable energy, carbon emissions and economic growth of 37 OECD member countries from 1995 – 2015. The results showed that the past of GDP per capita and gross capital formation were resulted in economic growth has a positive effect. Meanwhile the consumption of nonrenewable energy was resulted in economic growth has a negative effect. In addition, the consumption of nonrenewable energy and GDP per capita squared were resulted in carbon emissions have a positive effect. Meanwhile the past of GDP per capita, the past of carbon emissions and the consumption of renewable energy were resulted in carbon emissions have a negative effect. However, the study also showed that the study was inconsistent with the environmental kuznets curve hypothesis. It is suggested that the government should increase the cost or tax on carbon emissions to create incentives for the general public and businesses to reduce nonrenewable energy consumption and increase the consumption of renewable or clean energy. In addition, investment promotion policies and investment stimulus measures should be applied to the public and business sectors.