Are energy endowed countries responsible for conditional convergence?
| Title: | Are energy endowed countries responsible for conditional convergence? |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Publication Date: | May 2022 |
| Published In: | The Energy Journal |
| Description: | We test for economic convergence in GDP per capita and consumption per capita within two distinct sets of countries: those with significant (and plausibly exogenous) fossil fuel (FF) endowments and those without such endowments. Among countries with FF endowments, we find evidence of both absolute and conditional convergence across both macroeconomic dimensions, as indicated by standard β- and σ-convergence tests. By contrast, we do not find robust evidence of convergence among countries without FF endowments. This pattern—convergence among FF-endowed and non-convergence among non-endowed countries—is robust to changes in the sample period, controlling for potential resource curse effects, and is largely consistent across growth components. We discuss the implications for economic development and comment on its implications for global decarbonization policies. |
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| External Contributors: | Gregory B. Upton, Jr. |
| Citation: | Oliver, M.E., & Upton, G.B. (2022). Are energy endowed countries responsible for conditional convergence? The Energy Journal 43(3): 201-224. |
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