Is rapid growth in Internet usage environmentally sustainable for Australia? An empirical investigation

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dc.authoridOzturk, Ilhan -- 0000-0002-6521-0901
dc.contributor.authorSalahuddin, Mohammad
dc.contributor.authorAlam, Khorshed
dc.contributor.authorÖztürk, İlhan
dc.date.accessioned12.07.201910:50:10
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-12T15:27:56Z
dc.date.available12.07.201910:50:10
dc.date.available2019-07-12T15:27:56Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.departmentMeslek Yüksekokuluen_US
dc.descriptionWOS: 000371156100070en_US
dc.descriptionPubMed: 26527347en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study estimates the short- and long-run effects of Internet usage and economic growth on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions using annual time series macro data for Australia for the period 1985-2012. Autoregressive distributive lag (ARDL) bounds and Gregory-Hansen structural break cointegration tests are applied. ARDL estimates indicate no significant long-run relationship between Internet usage and CO2 emissions, which implies that the rapid growth in Internet usage is still not an environmental threat for Australia. The study further indicates that higher level of economic growth is associated with lower level of CO2 emissions; however, Internet usage and economic growth have no significant short-run relationship with CO2 emissions. Financial development has both short-run and long-run significant positive association with CO2 emissions. The findings offer support in favor of energy efficiency gains and a reduction in energy intensity in Australia. However, impulse response and variance decomposition analysis suggest that Internet usage, economic growth and financial development will continue to impact CO2 emissions in the future, and as such, this study recommends that in addition to the existing measures to combat CO2 emissions, Australia needs to exploit the potential of the Internet not only to reduce its own carbon footprint but also to utilize information and communication technology (ICT)-enabled emissions abatement potential to reduce emissions in various other sectors across the economy, such as, power, renewable energy especially in solar and wind energy, agriculture, transport and service.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipAustralian Government's Collaborative Research Network (CRN) funding through the Australian Digital Future Institute (ADFI) of the University of Southern Queenslanden_US
dc.description.sponsorshipExcept for the contribution of Ozturk, this study is fully supported by the Australian Government's Collaborative Research Network (CRN) funding through the Australian Digital Future Institute (ADFI) of the University of Southern Queensland. The authors are very grateful to the anonymous reviewers for their insightful comments that helped improve the quality of the paper significantly. A usual disclaimer applies.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11356-015-5689-7
dc.identifier.endpage4713en_US
dc.identifier.issn0944-1344
dc.identifier.issn1614-7499
dc.identifier.issue5en_US
dc.identifier.pmid26527347
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84959167109
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage4700en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-015-5689-7
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12507/542
dc.identifier.volume23en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000371156100070
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSPRINGER HEIDELBERGen_US
dc.relation.ispartofEnvıronmental Scıence and Pollutıon Research
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectCarbon dioxide emissionsen_US
dc.subjectEconomic growthen_US
dc.subjectInternet Usageen_US
dc.subjectGranger Causalityen_US
dc.subjectARDLen_US
dc.subjectAustraliaen_US
dc.titleIs rapid growth in Internet usage environmentally sustainable for Australia? An empirical investigation
dc.typeArticle

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