Economic Development, CO2 Emissions and Energy Use Nexus-Evidence from the Danube Region Countries

The aim of this study is to examine the empirical cointegration, long-run and short-run dynamics causal relationships between carbon emissions, energy consumption economic growth in 14 Danube region countries over period 1990–2019. autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds testing methodology was applied for each examined variables as a dependent variable. Limited by length time series, we excluded two from analysis obtained valid results others 26 36 ARDL models. reliably confirmed cointegration Austria, Czechia, Slovakia, Slovenia. Economic have significant impact on emissions all these four countries; short-run, Austria. Likewise, when examining consumption, contribution CO2 consumptions seven found result nine contribute information base essential making responsible informed decisions policymakers other stakeholders individual countries. Moreover, they can serve platform mutual cooperation cohesion among region.