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A Study on the Causalities Among GDP, Electric Consumption, CO2 Emission and Environmental Regulation in Korea

한국의 경제성장, 전력소비량, 이산화탄소 배출량 및 환경규제 간 인과관계 분석

  • Jin, Bo-young (Graduate School of Energy & Environment, Seoul National University of Science and Technology) ;
  • Kim, Geun-u (Graduate School of Energy & Environment, Seoul National University of Science and Technology) ;
  • Park, Jung-gu (Graduate School of Energy & Environment, Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
  • 진보영 (서울과학기술대학교 에너지환경대학원 에너지정책학과) ;
  • 김근우 (서울과학기술대학교 에너지환경대학원 에너지정책학과) ;
  • 박중구 (서울과학기술대학교 에너지환경대학원 에너지정책학과)
  • Received : 2020.02.19
  • Accepted : 2020.03.06
  • Published : 2020.03.31
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Abstract

The rapid climate change is strengthening carbon emissions regulations internationally. Korea is strongly pressed to accept the obligation to reduce greenhouse gases as one of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. This article analyzed the Granger causalities among environmental regulation, economic growth, electricity consumption, and CO2 emission in Korea, using unit root test, cointegration test, and vector error correction model. As the results, environmental regulation has shown the bidirectional causalities with electricity consumption and CO2 emission, while being unilaterally affected by economic growth in the long-run and strong relationship. Economic growth has affected electricity consumption, CO2 emission, and environmental regulation in the long-run, in the complex structure of the unilateral and short-run causality with electricity consumption and the bidirectional causality with CO2 emission. The policy implications will be as follows: ① environmental regulation should induce sustainable growth through encouraging technological innovation relating to CO2 reduction and productivity enhancement. ② Responding to the international CO2 reduction regulation, the synthetic policy initiatives will be considered to make synergy effects among policies relating to economic growth, electricity consumption.

세계적으로 기후변화에 대응하기 위한 탄소배출 규제가 강화됨에 따라 한국도 기후변화협약의 당사국으로서 강력한 이행을 권고 받고 있다. 특히 한국은 환경규제 강화에 대한 정부와 산업계, 국민의 이해관계가 복잡한 만큼 환경규제가 경제성장과 전력소비량, 이산화탄소 배출량 감축에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지에 관한 연구는 매우 중요하다. 이에 본 논문은 한국에 있어 환경규제와 경제성장, 전력소비량, 이산화탄소 배출량에 관한 인과관계를 실증분석하였다. 이를 위해 1987 ~ 2014년 동안의 시계열 자료를 바탕으로 단위근 검정, 공적분 검정, 벡터오차수정모형(VECM)을 통한 인과성 검정을 실시하였다. 분석의 결과, 환경규제는 전력소비량과 이산화탄소 배출량 간 양방향의 장기 및 강인과관계를 가지며, 전력소비량과 단기적으로 영향을 받는 반면, 경제성장에는 영향을 미치지 못하면서 일방적으로 장기 및 강인과관계로 영향을 받는 것으로 분석되었다. 경제성장은 장기적으로 전력소비량, 이산화탄소 배출량, 환경규제에 영향을 미치면서 단기적으로 전력소비량에 단방향의 인과관계를 보였고, 이산화탄소 배출량은 양방향의 인과관계를 갖는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 분석결과에 대응할 수 있는 정책적 시사점으로는, 환경규제가 이산화탄소 배출량 감축을 위한 기술혁신과 생산성 향상을 유발하여 경제성장에 기여할 수 있도록 하는 정책개발이 필요하다. 또한 국제 탄소배출 규제가 본격적으로 실행될 경우, 환경규제가 혁신을 통한 경제성장, 전력소비량에 따른 전원구성의 변화와 이산화탄소 배출량의 감축 등에 관련된 정책 간에 충돌을 일으키지 않고 시너지 효과를 창출하도록 하는 세심한 정책구상이 필요하다.

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