A Threshold Analysis of Internet Users and the CO2 Emissions Nexus

Nur’Jila Mohammad; Nur Lina Abdullah; Mohd Khairuddin Che Zonkapri; Izatul Husna Zakaria

doi:10.21834/e-bpj.v8iSI15.5085

Authors

Nur’Jila Mohammad School of Government, UUM College of Law, Government and International Studies, Universiti Utara Malaysia 06010 UUM Sintok, Kedah Malaysia
Nur Lina Abdullah Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Cawangan Negeri Sembilan, Kampus Seremban, Persiaran Seremban Tiga/1, 70300 Seremban, Negeri Sembilan Malaysia.
Mohd Khairuddin Che Zonkapri Tun Ahmad Sarji School of Government and Public Services (TASSGPS) Universiti Tun Abdul Razak Bhd (UNIRAZAK), 195A, Jalan Tun Razak, 50400 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; College of Energy Economics and Social Sciences, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Kampus Putrajaya, Jalan Ikram-Uniten, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia.
Izatul Husna Zakaria School of Technology Management and Logistics, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010 Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v8iSI15.5085

Keywords:

Internet users, CO2 Emissions, Population, Threshold Regression

Abstract

The study adopted threshold regression techniques to estimate the cross-section data spanning 2017 to 2021. It hypothesized that internet users affect CO2 emission between countries and this would vary depending on the level of population. Countries that have smaller populations may not have the same effect on CO2 emissions as compared to countries with larger populations. The empirical results show that internet users exert a significant influence on CO2 emissions, especially under high threshold regimes. Thus, the larger the population, the higher and more significant will be the impact on CO2 by internet users.

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