Is climate change a source of economic disparities between regions in Benin? Evidence from the spatial effects analysis method
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Author(s)Hortensia Acacha-AcakpoLink to ORCID Index: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2406-4458
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Denis Acclassato HouensouLink to ORCID Index: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7237-5069
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Christian Duhamel LogozoLink to ORCID Index: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7468-0122
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Sylvain HekponhoueLink to ORCID Index: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5306-3943
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DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ee.15(2).2024.07
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Article InfoVolume 15 2024, Issue #2, pp. 93-107
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Despite numerous studies on the impacts of climate change in developing economies, scarce research focuses on these spatial effects in the internal regions of these countries. To shed light on this concern, this study aims to analyze the spatial effect of climate change on regional economic disparities in the context of Benin. The secondary data are extracted from the World Bank’s Climate Knowledge Portal and a Beninese local finance database covering the period from 2010 to 2019. A random-effects panel model and a dynamic spatial Durbin model of endogenous growth are used. The results reveal that, in the absence of spatial effects, average temperature reinforces economic disparities by 4.4 points within regions. A one-point increase in precipitation increases economic disparities by 0.001 points. The spatial model reveals both short- and long-term positive spatial externalities. Thus, a one-point positive variation in precipitation in neighboring regions leads to a 0.005% increase in a given region’s own revenue per capita. Similarly, a one-point increase in precipitation in a given region induces a 0.004% rise in own revenues in neighboring regions. Damage caused by climate change in one area encourages positive economic dynamics in neighboring areas. These spatial interactions reinforce economic differences and maintain economic disparities between Benin’s regions.
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JEL Classification (Paper profile tab)O44, Q54, R11
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- Figure 1. Trends in per capita revenues by department
- Figure 2. Spatial distribution of mean temperature and precipitation
- Figure 3. Spatial distribution of the average Gini index within departments
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- Table 1. Explanatory variables and expected signs
- Table 2. Descriptive statistics for own-source revenues per capita (in FCFA*)
- Table 3. Gini index of own revenues per capita in departments
- Table 4. Moran index
- Table 5. Effect of climate change on regional economic disparities using the random-effects model
- Table 6. Effect of climate change on regional economic disparities using the dynamic panel SDM model
- Table A1. SDM estimation in fixed-effect panel
- Table A2. Pairwise correlations
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Donald Crestofel Lantu ,
Yulianto Suharto
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.16(4).2018.05
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doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.18(4).2020.14
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Acknowledgment
To the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance for the possibility to take part in accreditation expertise and consulting evaluation of educational programs in universities of Ukraine. The research was carried out also within the context of the tasks of Ukrainian-American international project “Program of professional development of them managerial staff in Ukrainian universities,” which was initiated by the investment company “Rayter Inc.” (The USA). In addition, we are thankful to the Czech Development Cooperation support, which allowed this scientific cooperation to start (through projects: “Strengthening scientific capacities and cooperation of Ukrainian universities in AgriSciences” and “Interuniversity cooperation as a tool to improve the quality of selected universities in Ukraine”). -
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Gaukhar Kenzhegulova
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Acknowledgments
The study was carried out within the framework of program targeted IRN OR11465433 funding by the Science Committee of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan “Development of the concept and mechanisms of balanced territorial development of the economy and society of Kazakhstan”.
