Energy consumption-economic growth nexus within the purview of exogenous and endogenous dynamics: evidence from Bangladesh

This paper investigates the nexus between energy consumption and economic growth in Bangladesh over the period 1971-2018 using the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach to cointegration. The main contribution of this study is the inclusion of exogenous dynamic (globalisation) and endogenous factor (political risk indicator measured by political terror scale (PTS)) to the energy consumption-economic growth nexus. The study explores an energy consumption-economic growth nexus where globalisation and PTS have both positive and negative influences on this relationship in the short run and long run. The Toda-Yamamoto Granger causality test confirms the feedback hypothesis, that is bidirectional causal relationship between energy consumption and economic growth, and the result is further verified by the impulse response function. Therefore, policymakers should enhance the availability of energy for people and industries to continue the existing momentum of economic growth. Besides, the government should cautiously deal with both the globalisation and political risk issues about energy consumption-economic growth nexus in Bangladesh.