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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2022.112854
	Corruption: Is it a bane to renewable energy consumption in Africa?
	Amoah A.; Asiama R.K.; Korle K.; Kwablah E.
发表日期	2022
ISSN	0301-4215
卷号	163
英文摘要	Increasingly, a significant part of the literature on corruption establishes a negative relationship between corruption and economic variables. However, empirical research showing the influence of corruption on renewable energy consumption is useful because of the global interest in achieving a low-carbon and clean environment. In this light, we model a relationship between corruption and renewable energy consumption (% of total final energy consumption) in Africa. Using a panel dataset for 32 African countries covering the period 1996–2019, we first show that perception about corruption is relatively high in Africa. In line with corruption theory, both Generalized Method of Moments and Instrumental Variable estimation techniques are used to establish that corruption is inimical to the share of renewable energy consumption in total final energy consumption in Africa. To investigate the robustness of the results, we disaggregate the sample into high and low environmental performance countries as well as upper and lower-middle-income countries and still find consistent results. Our results call for strategic policies and institutional structures that seek to prevent corruption from further permeating the continent's administrative structures. © 2022 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Africa.; Corruption; GMM; Instrumental Variable; Panel Data; Renewable Energy Consumption
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Energy utilization; Environmental management; Method of moments; Africa.; Economic variables; Empirical research; Energy-consumption; Final energy; GMM; Instrumental variables; Low carbon; Panel data; Renewable energy consumption; Crime; alternative energy; corruption; energy management; energy market; energy policy; energy use; panel data; Africa
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/256301
作者单位	University of Environment and Sustainable Development, Somanya, Ghana and Africa Centre for Applied Economics and Policy Research (ACAEP), Accra, Ghana; DSI/NRF SARCHI Industrial Development, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, South Africa; Department of Economics, Central University, Box 2305, Tema, Ghana
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Amoah A.,Asiama R.K.,Korle K.,et al. Corruption: Is it a bane to renewable energy consumption in Africa?[J],2022,163.
APA	Amoah A.,Asiama R.K.,Korle K.,&Kwablah E..(2022).Corruption: Is it a bane to renewable energy consumption in Africa?.Energy Policy,163.
MLA	Amoah A.,et al."Corruption: Is it a bane to renewable energy consumption in Africa?".Energy Policy 163(2022).