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Wang Q, Yang Z, Li R. Impact of income inequality on carbon emissions: a matter of corruption governance. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024; 31:5173-5189. [PMID: 38112874 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-31190-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 11/19/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
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Corruption is often linked with income inequality and its impact on carbon emissions. This study investigates the moderating effect of corruption governance on the relationship between income inequality and carbon emissions. Panel data for 62 countries from 2012 to 2020 were used. We employed a threshold panel regression approach, considering income inequality as the explanatory variable and carbon dioxide emissions as the dependent variable, with corruption governance as the threshold variable. Our findings suggest that enhancing the level of corruption governance can mitigate the CO2 emissions driven by income inequality. Specifically, we found a shift in the impact on CO2 emissions when corruption governance crosses a certain threshold. This study provides insights into how improving corruption governance can help in managing the environmental effects of income inequality.
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- Qiang Wang
- School of Economics and Management, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, People's Republic of China.
- School of Economics and Management, Xinjiang University, Wulumuqi, 830046, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Economics and Management, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, People's Republic of China
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- School of Economics and Management, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, People's Republic of China
- School of Economics and Management, Xinjiang University, Wulumuqi, 830046, People's Republic of China
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Golo MA, Han D, Ibrar M, Haroon MA. The influence of environment and Earnings on Prolonged existence and human fertility: A Deeper Dive into Asia's environmentally vulnerable nations. Heliyon 2023; 9:e22637. [PMID: 38107279 PMCID: PMC10724672 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e22637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Revised: 11/12/2023] [Accepted: 11/15/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023] Open
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This study inspects the impact of environmental deterioration and income on longevity and fertility in Asian countries, specifically the nations that are highly vulnerable to extreme weather. The study examines the data, covering two decades from 2000 to 2019. The empirical conclusions of the panel ARDL-PMG and the CS-ARDL econometric models indicate that environmental degradation leads to a decline in birth rate and life expectancy, while a rising income has a significant influence over longevity. However, increasing per capita income alone cannot solve the problem of population crisis in climatically susceptible countries. Therefore, the sample countries must prioritize climate action and formulate climate-resilient policies to add more years to the lives of their citizens. Similarly, for increasing childbirth the sample nations need to make peace with nature. The outcomes of this study are strong enough, as both the models support each other's findings, producing similar significant outcomes.
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- School of Management, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- Software College, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, China
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- Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Hyderabad-Campus Sindh Pakistan
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Gao X, Fan M. The effect of income inequality and economic growth on carbon dioxide emission. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:65149-65159. [PMID: 37081366 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-27009-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Most of the developing and emerging countries are focusing to increase economic growth, enhance the living standard of the people, and reduce income inequality. Increasing economic growth through the factors such as agriculture, energy use for production, and other related activities can harm the environment. Considering this situation, this study utilizes data from the Belt and Road Initiative countries for the period of 1999 and 2018 to explore the nexus between income inequality, agricultural value added, and carbon dioxide using two-step system GMM model. The findings of the study indicate that income inequality, economic growth, energy consumption, and agriculture significantly contribute to an increase in carbon emissions and a decrease in environmental quality. On the other hand, the findings also indicate that manufacturing and service industries significantly contribute to an improvement in environmental quality by reducing carbon emissions. The findings lend even more credence to the environmental Kuznets curve, but the results do not indicate that there is a strong relationship between income inequality and economic growth. The outcomes of this study have crucial policy implications for the sample countries to build environmental regulations.
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- Xudong Gao
- China Center for Special Economic Zone Research, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China
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- Northeast Asian Studies College, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China.
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Rakshit B, Jain P, Sharma R, Bardhan S. An empirical investigation of the effects of poverty and urbanization on environmental degradation: the case of sub-Saharan Africa. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:51887-51905. [PMID: 36820970 PMCID: PMC9947452 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-25266-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2022] [Accepted: 01/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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This study empirically investigates the effects of poverty and urbanization on environmental degradation for a sample of 43 sub-Saharan African (SSA) economies from 1995 to 2018. The major contribution of the study lies in examining the existence of non-linear effects of poverty and urbanization on environmental degradation. We considered a set of institutional and demographic factors to explain the dynamics among poverty, urbanization, and environmental degradation. Findings suggest that an increase in the poverty gap significantly contributes towards intensifying environmental degradation in SSA countries. Results also show the existence of a non-linear relationship between poverty and environmental degradation. The findings purpose several crucial policy recommendations which necessitate the participation of different stakeholders such as government, institutions, researchers, non-profit organizations and citizens for the effective implementations of environment-friendly policies. A battery of robustness tests confirms the validity of the main findings of the study.
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- Bijoy Rakshit
- Indian Institute of Management Jammu, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, Punjab, India
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- Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India.
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Umair M, Yousuf MU. Evaluating the symmetric and asymmetric effects of fossil fuel energy consumption and international capital flows on environmental sustainability: a case of South Asia. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:33992-34008. [PMID: 36508100 PMCID: PMC9743124 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-24607-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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South Asia is primarily affected by environmental degradation. As a result, it is worthwhile to explore the impact of international capital flows on the ecological sustainability of the South Asian region. There are many studies in the literature on the CO2-remittances nexus, CO2-FDI nexus, and CO2-economic growth; however, no study has yet taken remittances and FDI into account in the symmetric and asymmetric model for the South Asian region. To address the research gap, this study investigates the effect of international capital flows, fossil fuel energy consumption, and economic growth on South Asian carbon emissions. This study examines the effect of fossil fuel energy consumption, remittances, foreign direct investment, and economic growth on the environmental sustainability of the South Asian region from 1975 to 2020. Autoregressive distributive lag (ARDL) and non-linear ARDL (NARDL) models are used to estimate the symmetrical and asymmetrical relationships among the variables. The findings of the ARDL models reveal that fossil fuel energy consumption and economic growth increase while remittances and FDI decrease carbon dioxide (CO2) in the long run. According to the NARDL empirical findings, positive remittances and negative FDI shock reduce CO2. Besides, the positive and negative fossil fuel energy consumption shock increases CO2. Moreover, the positive (negative) economic growth shock increases (decreases) CO2. The cumulative dynamic multipliers revealed the adjustment pattern to new long-run equilibria. The study recommends that policymakers regard remittances and FDI as policy instruments, particularly when developing long-term strategies and policies connected to environmental quality.
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- Muhammad Umair
- Department of Economics, University of Karachi, Karachi, 75270 Pakistan
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, 75270 Pakistan
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Khan H, Weili L, Khan I, Zhang J. The nexus between natural resources, renewable energy consumption, economic growth, and carbon dioxide emission in BRI countries. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:36692-36709. [PMID: 36562975 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-24193-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Accepted: 11/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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This study investigates the nexus between natural resources, renewable energy consumption, economic growth, and carbon emission in 35 belt and road initiative (BRI) countries from 1985 to 2019. By employing OLS, fixed effect, generalized method of moments, and seemingly unrelated regression models, the results show that carbon dioxide and renewable energy are the driver factors of economic growth while natural resources reduce economic growth. The effect of economic growth and natural resources on carbon dioxide is positive; however, renewable energy consumption significantly reduces carbon emission. Economic growth rise renewable energy consumption while carbon dioxide and natural resources reduce it. The findings of this study have considerable policy implications for the belt and road countries that how natural resources and income inequality influence the interlinkage of renewable energy consumption, economic growth, and carbon dioxide emission.
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- Hayat Khan
- School of Economics and Management, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- China Center for Special Economic Zone Research, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
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- Business School of Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, Hunan, China
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- China National Institute of Standardization, Beijing, China
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Yuldashev M, Khalikov U, Nasriddinov F, Ismailova N, Kuldasheva Z, Ahmad M. Impact of foreign direct investment on income inequality: Evidence from selected Asian economies. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0281870. [PMID: 36791138 PMCID: PMC9931145 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Accepted: 02/02/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
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The United Nations lists 17 Sustainable Development Goals for Agenda 2030, one of which is SDG-10, which focuses on eradicating inequality and addressing critical regional and global challenges. The fight against income inequality is heavily dependent on foreign direct investment all over the world. In this connection, the present study aimed to investigate the individual and interactive impact of foreign direct investment, human capital, and economic growth on income inequality by employing the interactive model. Based on the panel data set covering ten counties spanning each region of Asia from 1990 to 2020. In light of the slope homogeneity, cross-sectional dependency tests, and Westerlund co-integration test, we discover that all of the variables are cointegrated over the long run. A cross-sectional IPS (CIPS) unit root test is employed to check stationarity. Additionally, the study used the Augmented Mean Group (AMG) approach to produce accurate results in estimation. The results confirm that FDI affects inequality negatively. However, the impact of FDI is more effective in the presence of human capital. It means that human capital deepens the effect of FDI on inequality; the country will be more effective in reducing inequality by having a higher level of human capital and consider it a more powerful tool to bring equality. To reduce inequality, it is suggested that a policy mix of FDI and HC could be made.
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- Maksudjan Yuldashev
- Department of Finance and Business analysis, Tashkent State University of Economics, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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- Department of Corporate Governance, Tashkent State University of Economics, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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- Department of World Economy, Tashkent State University of Economics, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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- Department of World Economy, Tashkent State University of Economics, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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- Department of World Economy, Tashkent State University of Economics, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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- Department of World Economy, Tashkent State University of Economics, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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Ahmed M, Song H, Ali H, Shuai C, Abbas K, Ahmed M. Investigating global surface temperature from the perspectives of environmental, demographic, and economic indicators: current status and future temperature trend. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:22787-22807. [PMID: 36307566 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-23590-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Accepted: 10/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Anthropogenic activities have increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gas emissions, which have observably increased global temperature. Recognizing it as one of the most critical issues caused by human activities, this study investigates the effects of environmental, demographic, and economic indicators on global and regional temperature. For this purpose, advanced and powerful machine learning techniques, such as ANN, CNN, SVM, and LSTM, are employed using the data from 1980 to 2018 of the aforementioned regions to predict and forecast global and regional temperatures in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. First, the predicted results were found very close to the actual surface temperature, confirming that environmental, economic, and demographic indicators are critical drivers of climate change. Second, this study forecasted global temperature from 2023 to 2050 and regional temperature from 2022 to 2050. The results also predicted a considerable increase in global temperature and regional temperature in the forthcoming years. Particularly, Asia and Africa may experience extreme weather in the future with an increase of more than 1.6 °C. Based on the findings of this study, the major implications have been that maintaining greenhouse gas emissions, balancing economic development, urbanization, and environmental quality while reducing fossil fuel energy consumption will ensure climate mitigation. The findings demand an alteration in human behavior regarding fossil fuel energy consumption to control greenhouse gas emissions, which is the most significant contributor to climate change.
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- Mansoor Ahmed
- School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
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- College of Distance Learning and Continuing Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
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- School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
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- School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China.
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- School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
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- School of Geography and Information Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
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Amin A, Wang Z, Shah AH, Chandio AA. Exploring the dynamic nexus between renewable energy, poverty alleviation, and environmental pollution: fresh evidence from E-9 countries. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:25773-25791. [PMID: 36346517 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-23870-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The present study aims to scrutinize the long- and short-run relationship along with the direction of causality among environmental pollution (CO2), renewable, non-renewable energy, income disparity, exchange rate, and poverty alleviation in E-9 countries of continent Asia, using a panel dataset from 1990 to 2018. The current study used pooled mean group autoregressive distributed lag (PMG ARDL) and Dumitrescu-Hurlin (D-H) causality test after affirming a stable long-run association among environmental pollution and all the explanatory variables. However, ECM (error correction mechanism) was specified to explore short-run dynamics. The study's outcomes confirmed strong co-integration among environmental pollution (CO2), renewable, non-renewable energy, income disparity, exchange rate, and poverty alleviation. Moreover, uni (bi) directional causality runs from non-renewable energy, exchange rate, and income disparity (poverty alleviation and renewable energy) to environmental pollution (CO2). Results also revealed that poverty alleviation, exchange rate, and renewable energy usage substantially negatively influence environmental pollution (CO2). Contrarily, income disparities and non-renewable energy usage positively influence long- and short-run environmental pollution. Therefore, from the policy perspective, the current study focused on twofold; first, there is a desire to alleviate poverty, the decline in non-renewable energy use and income disparity among upper and lower-income quintiles. Second, boost exchange rate and renewable energy use to control environmental pollution in the described least developed countries (LDCs).
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- Asad Amin
- Postdoctoral Station of Management Science and Engineering, College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211100, China.
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- College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211100, China
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- Department of Economics Government, Degree College Ban Hafiz Jee Mianwali, Punjab, Pakistan
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- College of Economics, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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Esmaeili P, Rafei M, Balsalobre-Lorente D, Adedoyin FF. The role of economic policy uncertainty and social welfare in the view of ecological footprint: evidence from the traditional and novel platform in panel ARDL approaches. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:13048-13066. [PMID: 36125678 PMCID: PMC9485021 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-23044-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In the contemporary world, environmental degradation has become a concern for human beings. Accordingly, the impact of social welfare, economic policy uncertainty, natural resource rents, life expectancy, and trade openness are examined on ecological footprint (the most comprehensive proxy of environmental degradation) in 19 energy-intensive countries from 1997 to 2018. With this in mind, this study used the traditional panel ARDL and CS-ARDL approaches to evaluate how the study's variables influence ecological footprint. Notably, the results of the CS-ARDL approach are more robust due to cross-sectional dependence and slope heterogeneity problems. The outcomes revealed that economic policy uncertainty and trade openness affect the ecological footprint negatively in the short run and positively in the long run. Moreover, social welfare degrades the environment in the long run, and natural resource rents improve environmental quality by mitigating the ecological footprint in the short run and harming the environment in the long run. Besides, life expectancy does not significantly affect ecological footprint in the long or short run. Meanwhile, the results confirmed the bi-directional causal relationship between the study's variable and ecological footprint. Based on the outcomes, the way to adopt effective policies to improve the quality of the environment has been paved. Furthermore, a comprehensive policy framework for stricter environmental regulation is expected to be developed using the outcomes derived from this study.
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- Faculty of Economics, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran
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Khan H, Weili L, Khan I. The effect of political stability, carbon dioxide emission and economic growth on income inequality: evidence from developing, high income and Belt Road initiative countries. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:6758-6785. [PMID: 36006538 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-22675-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 08/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The reduction of income inequality and environmental frailty are important factors which can help achieve sustainable development. In this context, it is important to investigate the nexus between income inequality and carbon dioxide emission by considering the role of political stability. This paper examines the effect of political stability, economic growth, financial development, and carbon dioxide on income inequality in developing countries, high-income countries, and the Belt Road initiative (BRI) countries from 2002 to 2019. By employing a two-step generalized method of moments and panel quantile regression, the findings show that carbon dioxide emission, financial development, and political stability rise income inequality while economic growth significantly reduces income inequality in developing countries. In the case of high-income countries, political stability and carbon dioxide negatively affect income inequality while financial development rise income inequality. In the case of BRI countries, political stability, economic growth, and carbon dioxide emission significantly reduce income inequality. Our findings have considerable policy implications regarding reducing income inequality in the sample countries.
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- Hayat Khan
- China Research Center for Special Economic Zones, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- China Research Center for Special Economic Zones, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
- Chinese Institute for Quality Economy Development, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
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- Business School of Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, Hunan, China
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Jiang Y, Khan H. The relationship between renewable energy consumption, technological innovations, and carbon dioxide emission: evidence from two-step system GMM. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:4187-4202. [PMID: 35963973 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-22391-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Large amount of energy use for rising economic growth leads to high carbon dioxide discharge that worsens environmental quality which is a challenge for countries in achieving sustainable development. Improved level of technological innovations and renewable energy consumption might overcome the issue of environmental degradation and achieving sustainable development. This study examines the effect of technological innovations on renewable energy consumption and carbon dioxide emission in the belt and road initiative countries for the period of 1995 to 2019. Two-step difference and two-step system GMM models were employed for analysis where the results indicate that technological innovations increase renewable energy consumption and carbon dioxide emission. The effect of renewable energy consumption and trademark applications on carbon dioxide is negatively significant that raises environmental quality. Furthermore, this study confirms the validity of Environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis in the sample countries. The findings of this study have considerable policy implication for the sample countries on rising technological innovations and renewable energy consumption in achieving environmental sustainability.
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- Yuan Jiang
- School of Economics, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
- School of Finance and Public Administration, Guangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanning, 530007, China
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- China Center for Special Economic Zone Research, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
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Khan H, Weili L, Khan I. The role of financial development and institutional quality in environmental sustainability: panel data evidence from the BRI countries. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:83624-83635. [PMID: 35768714 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-21697-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2022] [Accepted: 06/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The belt and road countries are mostly emerging and developing countries and heading to attain economic prosperity; however, this development process leads to ecological footprint. The factors of ecological footprint need to be identified and sound level of quality institutions might be helpful to overcome the issue of environmental degradation. Utilizing data from 1985 to 2019 of the belt and road initiative (BRI) countries, this study explores the effect of institutional quality indicators and financial development on carbon dioxide emission by including energy consumption and economic growth to the model. By using OLS, fixed effect, and two-step generalized method of moments, the results indicate that financial development, economic growth, and energy consumption increase carbon dioxide emission and degrade environmental quality. Three out of six institutional quality indicators that include government effectiveness, voice and accountability, and corruption control effect carbon dioxide emission positively, while the other three that include rule of law, regulatory quality, and political stability significantly rise environmental quality. The interaction terms of voice and accountability, government effectiveness, and political stability with financial development also give negative coefficients and reduce emission; however, the interaction of control of corruption with financial development is positive and the interaction of rule of law and regulatory quality with carbon dioxide is insignificant. The findings have considerable policy implication for the sample countries on each individual institutional quality indicator and financial institutions in rising environmental sustainability.
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- Hayat Khan
- China Research Center for Special Economic Zones, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- China Research Center for Special Economic Zones, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
- Chinese Institute for Quality Economy Development, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Business School of Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, Hunan, China.
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Khan I, Han L, BiBi R, Khan H. The role of technological innovations and renewable energy consumption in reducing environmental degradation: evidence from the belt and road initiative countries. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:73085-73099. [PMID: 35616835 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-21006-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2022] [Accepted: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Attaining sustainable economic growth has become an important concern for most countries. Countries are accelerating economic growth; however, an increase in economic activities through production raises energy demand and thus leads to high carbon emissions. Innovations might be useful to enhance energy efficiency and acquire renewable energy sources to be used for production and achieve sustainable growth. This study examines the effect of innovation, renewable energy consumption, and economic growth on carbon dioxide emission in the belt and road initiative countries from 1979 to 2019. The study uses OLS, fixed effect, and generalized method of moments for analysis where the results indicate that innovation indicators significantly improve environmental quality; however, innovation proxy by patent application nonresidents increases carbon dioxide emission. The study also found that renewable energy consumption and international trade significantly raise environmental quality, while foreign direct investment and economic growth raise emissions and lead to environmental degradation. The quadratic term of economic growth confirms the validity of the environmental Kuznets curve in the belt and road initiative countries. The findings of this research have significant policy implications for the sample countries regarding environmental quality enrichment through improvement in technological innovation and acquiring renewable energy consumption.
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- Itbar Khan
- Business School of Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, Hunan, China
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- Business School of Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, Hunan, China
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- School of Public Administration, Hohai University, Nanjing, China
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- China Center for Special Economic Zone Research, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
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Chu LK, Hoang DP. The shadow economy-environmental quality nexus in OECD countries: empirical evidence from panel quantile regression. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:65233-65258. [PMID: 35486281 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-20410-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2021] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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This study examines the heterogenous impact of shadow economy on the ecological footprint. We apply the panel quantile regression to a panel dataset of 32 OECD countries from 1990 to 2015. The estimation results indicate that the shadow economy-ecological footprint nexus follows an inverted U-shaped pattern. Initially, the higher size of the informal economy leads to more ecosystem degradation. When the shadow economy increases to certain thresholds, its environmental impact reverts to benefit. Such threshold changes with the evolution of the ecological footprint. Specifically, it first rises then decreases along with the degradation of the ecosystem. Moreover, the heterogeneous panel causality test reports the one-way directional running from the shadow economy to the ecological footprint in OECD countries. Likewise, environmental effects of other control variables, including trade openness, energy intensity, renewable energy, and income, are also not homogeneous across various levels of the ecological footprint. The significant and heterogeneous relationships between ecological footprint and its determining factors provide insightful implications for governments in tailoring environmental regulations upon different ecological conditions.
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- Lan Khanh Chu
- Banking Research Institute, Vietnam Banking Academy, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Faculty of International Business, Vietnam Banking Academy, Hanoi, Vietnam.
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Khan I, Han L, Bibi R, Khan H. Linking natural resources, innovations, and environment in the Belt and Road Initiative countries using dynamic panel techniques: the role of innovations and renewable energy consumption. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:59666-59675. [PMID: 35396683 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-20093-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2022] [Accepted: 04/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The issue of natural resources and environment are a matter of clashing argument in recent studies. An increase in natural resources raises economic growth which in turn increases carbon emission, that is a challenge for environmental sustainability. There is a lack of research on weather innovations playing any important role by acquiring renewable energy sources, enhancing energy efficiency, and boosting economic growth by lowering the use of natural resources to raise environmental quality. Consequently, this study investigates the effect of natural resources, innovations, economic growth, and renewable energy consumption on carbon dioxide emission in 39 Belt and Road Initiative countries from 1981 to 2019. OLS, fixed effect, and generalized method of moments models were used for analysis, where the results indicate that natural resources, innovations, and economic growth significantly increase carbon dioxide emission, while renewable energy reduces emission and raises environmental quality. The square term of natural resources is negative; thus, it indicates that natural resource use reduces emission when it reaches a certain level. Likewise, our results validate the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis in the Belt and Road initiative countries. The findings have considerable policy implications for the Belt and Road countries regarding natural resource use, innovations, and renewable energy consumption.
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- Itbar Khan
- Business School of Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, Hunan, China
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- Business School of Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, Hunan, China
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- School of Public Administration, Hohai University, Nanjing, China
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- China Center for Special Economic Zone Research, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
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Li K, Ying H, Ning Y, Wang X, Musah M, Murshed M, Alfred M, Chu Y, Xu H, Yu X, Ye X, Jiang Q, Han Q. China's 2060 carbon-neutrality agenda: the nexus between energy consumption and environmental quality. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:55728-55742. [PMID: 35322360 PMCID: PMC8942160 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-19456-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2022] [Accepted: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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This study examined the nexus between energy consumption and environmental quality in light of China's 2060 carbon-neutrality agenda utilizing annual frequency data from 1971 to 2018. In order to obtain valid and reliable outcomes, more robust econometric techniques were employed for the analysis. From the results, all the variables were first differenced stationary and cointegrated in the long-run. The elastic effects of the predictors on the explained variable were explored through the ARDL, FMOLS, and the DOLS techniques, and from the discoveries, energy utilization worsened environmental quality in the country via more CO2 emissions. Also, industrialization and urbanization deteriorated the country's environmental quality; however, technological innovations improved ecological quality in the nation. On the causal connections between the variables, a unidirectional causality from energy consumption to CO2 effluents was discovered. Also, feedback causalities between industrialization and CO2 secretions, and between urbanization and CO2 exudates were disclosed. However, there was no causality between technological innovations and CO2 emanations. Based on the findings, the study recommended among others that, since energy consumption pollutes the environment, the country should transition to the utilization of renewable energies. Also, the government should allocate more resources to the renewable energy sector. This will help increase the portion of clean energy in the country's total energy mix. Furthermore, research and development that are linked to the utilization of green energies should be supported by the government. Data constraints were the main limitation of this exploration. Therefore, in the future, if more data become available, similar explorations could be conducted to check the robustness of our study's outcomes.
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- Kaodui Li
- School of Finance and Economics, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China
- College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
- Division of State-Owned Enterprise Reform and Innovation, Institute of Industrial Economics, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China
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- School of Finance and Economics, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China
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- School of Finance and Economics, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China
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- School of Finance and Economics, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Accounting, Banking and Finance, School of Business, Ghana Communication Technology University, Accra, Ghana.
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- School of Business and Economics, North South University, Dhaka-1229, Bangladesh
- Department of Journalism, Media and Communications, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Accounting Studies Education, Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneural Development, Kumasi, Ghana
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- School of Finance and Economics, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China
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- School of Finance and Economics, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China
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- School of Finance and Economics, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China
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- School of Finance and Economics, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China
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- School of Finance and Economics, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China
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- School of Finance and Economics, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, People's Republic of China
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Khan H, Weili L, Khan I. Examining the effect of information and communication technology, innovations, and renewable energy consumption on CO 2 emission: evidence from BRICS countries. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:47696-47712. [PMID: 35184242 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-19283-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The increasing use of information and communication technology (ICT) in this digital era and its interlinkage with other economic and environmental factors have gotten considerable attention from researchers. ICT tools are considered very important in economic activities such as international trade, the financial sector, and foreign direct investment. ICT is also interlinked with innovation and energy consumption. However, ICT with these activities influences ecological footprint, especially in emerging economies such as BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) countries. Therefore, this topic has got considerable attention from researchers and policy makers on the impact of ICT and economic growth activities on environmental quality. Consequently, this study investigates the impact of information and communication technology, renewable energy consumption and innovation on carbon dioxide emission in BRICS countries from 1990 to 2019 using cointegration, generalized least square, and panel corrected standard errors models. The findings show that two ICT indicators, mobile cellular subscription and fixed broadband subscription, negatively affect carbon emission along with economic growth and financial development. Innovation and renewable energy consumption also significantly reduce emission in presence of ICT indicators, while trade openness and fixed telephone subscriptions increase it. In the case of the ICT index model, all variables are positively associated with carbon emission except renewable energy consumption, however, the square and interaction term of all indicators significantly reduce carbon emission and evidence the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis except trade openness. ICT growth should be considered in the energy sector, innovation, and financial development to enhance environmental quality. The findings of the study have considerable policy implications for the sample countries.
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- Hayat Khan
- China Center for Special Economic Zone Research, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
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- China Center for Special Economic Zone Research, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Business School of Xiangtan University, Hunan, China
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Khan H, Khan I, BiBi R. The role of innovations and renewable energy consumption in reducing environmental degradation in OECD countries: an investigation for Innovation Claudia Curve. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:43800-43813. [PMID: 35119641 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-18912-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2021] [Accepted: 01/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Rising economic growth in recent ages is the primary concern of most of the countries to enhance the living standard, but the ever-increasing production of economic activities consumes a lot of energy, which leads to a sharp increase in carbon dioxide emissions. Innovation may be a remedy that can help improve energy efficiency, obtain renewable energy, and promote economic growth, thereby protecting the quality of the environment. Therefore, this paper examines the role of innovation and renewable energy consumption in CO2 reduction in OECD countries from 2004 to 2019. By using the two-step system generalized of moment estimator, the results show that economic growth and innovation significantly increase carbon emissions, however the innovation Claudia Curve (ICC) is verified, and the environmental Kuznets curve does not exist. Foreign direct investment has a negative impact on carbon emissions, thus verifying the Pollution Hao hypothesis, whereas renewable energy also improves environmental quality, but the interaction between innovation and renewable energy consumption still increases carbon emissions. Financial development, industrialization, trade, and energy consumption have also been found to be harmful factors of environmental quality. Our findings have considerable policy implications for OECD countries on the improvement of innovation indicators and investment in renewable energy sources to rise environmental quality.
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- Hayat Khan
- China Center for Special Economic Zone Research, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Business School of Xiangtan University, Hunan, China.
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- School of Public Administration, Hohai University, Nanjing, China
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Khan H, Weili L, Khan I. The role of institutional quality in FDI inflows and carbon emission reduction: evidence from the global developing and belt road initiative countries. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:30594-30621. [PMID: 35000154 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-17958-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2021] [Accepted: 12/01/2021] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Achieving economic growth is the primary concern mostly of every country to enhance living standard; however, an increase in economic activities may have environmental consequences. Foreign direct investment is also considered a driver of economic growth while it affects the quality of environment. The role of institutions can be useful to enhance foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow which can in turn increase economic growth and safeguard environmental quality. Based on the ongoing debate, this study attempts whether the quality of institutions plays any role in FDI inflow and in enhancement of environmental quality. For this purpose, this study examines the role of institutional quality in FDI inflows and carbon emission reduction in the global panel, 107 world developing, and 39 Belt and Road Initiative countries for the period of 2002-2019. By using both static and dynamic panel models, the results indicate that governance indicators are important for FDI inflows, but this impact varies in different panels. Overall, institutional quality has a significant and positive impact on foreign direct investment inflow, while energy use reduces it in all panels. Economic growth positively associated with carbon emission, while the square of GDP evidences the environmental Kuznets curve. FDI and trade increase global and developing countries' emissions, while reducing emission in Belt and Road countries. Institutional quality along individual indicators, political stability, rule of law, and regulatory quality are found to be poor governance indicators in all panels, while voice and accountability and control of corruption are weak indicators in Belt and Road countries; however, the interaction term proves that the quality of institutions is regulated by financial development and FDI in carbon emission reduction in all panels. This study has considerable policy significance for countries to carry out strong policy reforms to increase green FDI and improve environmental quality.
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- Hayat Khan
- China Center for Special Economic Zone Research, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- China Center for Special Economic Zone Research, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Business School of Xiangtan University, Hunan, China.
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Weili L, Khan H, Khan I, Han L. The impact of information and communication technology, financial development, and energy consumption on carbon dioxide emission: evidence from the Belt and Road countries. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:27703-27718. [PMID: 34984617 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-18448-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 12/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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In today's digital era of globalization, information and communication technology (ICT) has been considered important that contributes to various sectors of an economy and increases economic growth; however, an increase in ICT may influence environmental quality which needs attention. For this purpose, this study examines the effect of ICT, energy consumption, economic growth, and financial development on carbon emission in the Belt and Road countries from 2000 to 2019 using OLS, fixed effect, dynamic system generalized method of moments (GMM), and generalized least square (GLS) models. The results indicate that ICT, financial development, energy consumption, and economic growth increase carbon dioxide emission, while renewable energy use and international trade reduce it. Foreign direct investment exerts both positive and negative effects on carbon emission across different models with different proxies of financial development. In the individual indicators model, only FBS seems to reduce carbon emission, while other indicators are positively associated with CO2 emission. The findings have considerable policy suggestions for the Belt and Road countries in the improvement of ICT sector, innovations, and enhancing financial institutions which can enhance environmental quality.
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- Liu Weili
- China Center for Special Economic Zone Research, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- China Center for Special Economic Zone Research, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
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- Business School of Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, Hunan, China
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- Business School of Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, Hunan, China
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