The relationships among tourism development,energy demand,and growth factors in developed and developing countries

The objective of the study is to explore the different factors that affect tourism development in the panel of 34 developed and developing countries, over the period of 2005–2013. Energy consumption, air pollution, health expenditures, and economic growth played a vital role to change tourism development indicators in the region. The results confirmed the long-run association between the energy, environment, growth, and tourism indicators in the panel of selected 34 countries. The results of fully modified ordinary least squares (FMOLS) indicate that health expenditures have a positive relationship with the tourism indicators, while energy consumption exerts a negative association with the tourism indicators in the region. The results of dynamic ordinary least squares regression also confirmed the same results of FMOLS regarding health expenditures and energy consumption, that is, positive and negative impacts on the tourism indicators. However, carbon dioxide emissions exert a positive relationship with the tourism indicators in the region.     

中国化石能源消费碳排放与经济增长关系研究

化石能源过度消费导致的气候变化问题引发了全世界对经济发展模式的关注,论文运用计量经济学方法研究了中国化石能源消费碳排放与经济增长的关系,测算了中国1953-2010年化石能源消费引起的碳排放总量,建立了碳排放总量和国内生产总值的时序计量经济模型,通过协整检验、误差修正模型、基于VAR模型的脉冲响应函数、因果关系检验,分析了二者之间的长短期关系,结果表明:1953-2010年,我国的化石能源消费碳排放总量和国内生产总值之间存在长期均衡的协整关系和短期动态调整机制,通过短期调节,可以自动实现二者之间的长期均衡。当期GDP对碳排放总量的当期波动有显著性影响,每增加1%的GDP便会增加0.719%的碳排放量,上期误差对碳排放总量的当期波动调整幅度较大,单位调整比例为-0.102。利用脉冲响应函数波形图对碳排放量与经济增长之间的影响及响应进行了20期的详细刻画,揭示了二者之间复杂的短期动态关系。1953-2010年,存在从碳排放总量到GDP的单向Granger因果关系,碳排放是经济增长的Granger原因,而经济增长不是碳排放的Granger原因,说明从过去58 a的整体状况来看,高碳排放推动了经济增长,而经济增长并未导致明显的碳排放增加。研究结果将对中国制定节能减排和碳减排政策提供依据和支撑。     

辽宁省服务业发展与城市化进程关系的实证研究

为了探求辽宁省服务业发展水平与城市化进程的关系,以辽宁省1985-2009年服务业增加值占GDP的比重、城市化率作为服务业发展水平和城市化进程的解释性指标,从时间序列角度出发,尝试构建两者间的关系模型,进而得到辽宁省服务业发展与城市化进程的关系.运用Eviews软件,通过单位根检验,找出最佳时间滞后期对数据进行平稳性的差分处理和Granger检验.结果表明,辽宁省1985-2008年以服务业增加值占GDP比重为指标的服务业发展水平和以城市化率为指标的城市化进程之间不存在显著的互为因果关系,同时对结果进行了讨论并分析其产生的原因.     

How renewable energy and service growth influence environmental quality: Evidence from a sustainable development perspective

The present study inspects the relationships between the carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions, real GDP, renewable and non-renewable energy consumption, as well as the service growth for top ten countries (TTC) in service activities. The empirical modeling used in the study involves the procedures of cointegration and tests of Granger causality to inspect the dynamic interaction between the variables during the period from 1980 to 2018. The results of the present study suggest that the variables are cross-sectionally dependent. In addition, the variables appear to be cointegrated based on several tests. The long-run outcomes revealed an inversed U-shaped form between emissions-GDP proving the validity of the environmental Kuznets curve assumption. The fully modified ordinary least squares and dynamic OLS estimates show that the non-renewable energy and economic growth contribute to the increase of CO₂ emissions, while service value-added leads to decrease emissions. Furthermore, the renewable energy coefficient comes through as negative but insignificant for the selected panel. The TTC in service should stimulate the usage of renewable energy in various service events for following the path of sustainable development. Devising the investment plans associated with the use of renewable energies is quite essential for the advancement of the service sector leading to mitigating emissions portion.     

中国能源经济效率动态分析及预测

能源经济效率的影响因素作用复杂,系统各要素之间存在复杂的动态关系.本文利用中国1978-2007年的实际数据,应用向量自回归模型(Vector Auto-regression,VAR)、脉冲响应分析、协整理论等计量理论与方法对中国能源经济效率的变动进行动态实证分析,并预测中国能源经济效率的发展趋势.结果表明,中国的能源经济效率、第三产业比重和能源价格指数之间存在协整关系,从长期来看,1%的第三产业结构或者能源价格变化可以分别给能源经济效率带来0.3477%和0.4.785%的同方向变化;除了产业结构对能源价格短期响应之外,变量之间都是正向的冲击响应,滞后6-10期响应达到最大值,之后逐渐趋于稳定:依据VAR模型动态预测结果,未来10年中国能源经济效率发展趋势不容乐观,由于系统较长的滞后响应期,近几年能源经济效率、能源价格和产业结构的变动会在未来较长时间内对能源经济效率的提升产生不利影响,应当及时调整能源经济策略.