The nexus between energy price changes and environmental quality in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Maji, Ibrahim Kabiru, Habibullah, Muzafar Shah, Saari, Mohd Yusof, Abdul-Rahim, A. S.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2017
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63493/1/The%20nexus%20between%20energy%20price%20changes%20and%20environmental%20quality%20in%20Malaysia.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63493/; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15567249.2017.1323052
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

This paper provides new evidence by examining the impact of oil price changes on environmental quality. Having utilized three co-integrating estimators and a dataset from 1983 to 2014, we found that lower oil price can increase carbon emissions and reduce environmental quality. On the other hand, hi...