Granger Causality Analysis of Energy Consumption and Value Added in Industrial Sub-Sectors of Iran: A Bootstrap Panel Approach

Iran, as a developing country, has extensive energy resource types and is considered as an example of economic growth model based on natural resources. The industry is considered as one of the major sectors of energy consumption in the country, and determining the relationship between energy consumption and economic growth is one of the important issues in this field. In recent years, however, energy has become an interesting topic for researchers, only a limited number of studies on energy consumption have been undertaken in the industry. Therefore, this study seeks to evaulate the relationship between energy consumption and value added in industrial sub-sectors of Iran. The main aim of this research is to identify the relationship between total energy consumption and industrial sub-sectors value added of Iran during the period 1995-2017. The panel Granger causality was used to investigate the causality between variables based on the bootstrapping approach to accurately evaluate the results. The outcomes indicate that there is no causality between total energy consumption and value added growth in industrial Sub-Sectors. Therefore, the rising in energy consumption does not cause a growth of value added and saving policy can be used without any decrease in value added growth. Value added growth cause energy consumption in two main industrial sub-sectors. Thus, any increase in value added causes a rise in total energy consumption, and it is essential to prioritize these sub-sectors in all industry-related policies.