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Environmental Sciences
Solomon Prince Nathaniel, Davidmac Olisa Ekeocha, Nnamdi Nwulu
Summary: This study examines the relationship between economic complexity and environmental degradation in 11 emerging economies, considering the moderating role of energy consumption. The findings suggest that economic complexity has insignificant contributions to environmental degradation in emerging economies due to their low energy consumption and trade openness. Furthermore, the study validates the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) between economic development and environmental degradation for certain quantiles, as well as the EKC hypothesis between population and environmental degradation for specific quantiles. Trade openness is also found to reduce environmental degradation across the spectrum.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
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Agricultural Engineering
Xiyan Liu, Meishan Liu, Yuxin Huang, Muhammad Saeed Meo
Summary: This study evaluates the asymmetries in the relationship between bioenergy consumption and ecological footprint in the top-10 bioenergy-consuming European nations. It provides insights into the interdependent structure and the need for careful consideration and government scrutiny in formulating bioenergy and environmental sustainability regulations.
BIOMASS & BIOENERGY
(2022)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Majid Ikram, Wanjun Xia, Zeeshan Fareed, Umer Shahzad, Muhammad Zahid Rafique
Summary: The study explores the impact of structural changes and economic activities on the environment in Japan using economic complexity and ecological footprint as key factors. The results show bidirectional causality between economic growth, economic complexity, and ecological footprint in low and high quantiles. Policy efforts towards product diversification are suggested to help solve ecological problems based on long run cointegration and causality between economic complexity and ecological footprint.
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES AND ASSESSMENTS
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Lan Khanh Chu, Dung Phuong Hoang
Summary: This study finds that the relationship between shadow economy and ecological footprint follows an inverted U-shaped pattern, with the environmental impact of the shadow economy initially leading to degradation but then turning into a benefit after reaching a certain threshold. The causality test suggests a one-way relationship from the shadow economy to the ecological footprint. Additionally, the effects of other control variables on the ecological footprint are also heterogeneous.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Emad Kazemzadeh, Jose Alberto Fuinhas, Matheus Koengkan, Fariba Osmani
Summary: This research aims to investigate the impact of economic complexity and export quality on the environment, and whether improving export quality can lead to environmental improvement. The study reveals that economic complexity and export quality worsen the ecological footprint at lower quantiles, but contribute to reducing environmental damage at middle and higher quantiles.
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Environmental Sciences
Ojonugwa Usman, Abdulkadir Abdulrashid Rafindadi, Samuel Asumadu Sarkodie
Summary: This study examines the impact of internal and external conflicts on ecological footprint in the MENA countries from 1995 to 2016. The results support a U-shaped relationship between income and environmental indicators, with income growth having a negative impact but the square term of income reducing ecological footprint. Additionally, excessive energy consumption is linked to increasing urbanization, while conflicts exacerbate environmental degradation.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Qingru Sun, Ruxia Ma, Zenglei Xi, He Wang, Ce Jiang, Hanyu Chen
Summary: This paper aims to explore the nonlinear effects of energy consumption and globalization on ecological footprint in BIRCS countries. The findings show that in China and India, energy consumption has a mostly positive impact on ecological footprint, while in South Africa, the impact is mostly negative. Furthermore, globalization has a positive effect on ecological footprint in China and South Africa, but a negative impact in Brazil, India, and Russia. Policy recommendations are also provided for the BRICS countries to achieve long-term sustainability.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
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Development Studies
Babatunde S. Eweade, Selin Karlilar, Ugur Korkut Pata, Ibrahim Adeshola, John O. Olaifa
Summary: This study investigates the asymmetric effects of fossil fuels, foreign direct investment (FDI), and globalization on the ecological footprint in Mexico. The results show that economic growth and fossil fuel consumption have negative impacts on the environment, while FDI has a positive effect. Globalization does not have a significant impact on the environment.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
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Economics
Eric Evans Osei Opoku, Olufemi Adewale Aluko
Summary: The impact of industrialization on the environment is complex and heterogeneous, with increases in environmental degradation in the 10-30th quantiles and reductions in the 40-90th quantiles. To prevent environmental degradation, manufacturing firms should adopt greener technologies and enforce environmental regulations more strictly.
STRUCTURAL CHANGE AND ECONOMIC DYNAMICS
(2021)
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Mathematics
Sadeq Damrah, Elma Satrovic, Mohamad Atyeh, Fekri Ali Shawtari
Summary: This study explores the dynamic interaction between globalization and natural resources and emphasizes the importance of achieving environmental sustainability. The findings suggest that economic development, energy consumption, population, and natural resources contribute to environmental degradation, while globalization plays a significant role in promoting environmental sustainability.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Nurullah Altintas, Mustafa Kirca, Samet Acar, Abdullah Aydin, Musa Ozturk
Summary: This paper investigates the relationship between income inequality and environmental degradation in Turkey from 1987 to 2017. The analysis reveals that income inequality has an impact on environmental degradation, with income inequality leading to environmental degradation between 2002 and 2015, and environmental degradation influencing income inequality between 2002 and 2008. The paper emphasizes the importance of considering Turkey's economic reality in policy-making, increasing environmental awareness across all segments of society, and evaluating the ecological impact of income redistribution policies.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Meilan Chen, Wenfeng Huang, Sajid Ali
Summary: Renewable energy is gaining popularity due to its cost-effectiveness. This study examines the asymmetric link between wind energy and ecological footprint in the top-10 wind energy-consumer economies. The results show that wind energy consumption reduces ecological footprint in most sample nations, except for Spain and India. The degree of the asymmetric association varies by country, highlighting the need for individualized government policies in promoting wind energy and ecological sustainability.
ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Bilal Aslam, Guitao Zhang, Muhammad Asif Amjad, Shujun Guo, Maowang Ji
Summary: This study examines the role of financial development and ecological footprint, and finds that sophisticated financial development can reduce ecological footprint. Additionally, industrialization increases ecological footprint, while the effects of export diversification and urbanization vary across countries and quantiles.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yunpeng Sun, Weimin Guan, Asif Razzaq, Mohsin Shahzad, Nguyen Binh An
Summary: This research examines the asymmetric impact of fiscal decentralization, green investment, and renewable energy consumption on ecological footprints in selected OECD member states. The study also explores the moderating role of fiscal decentralization in promoting green investment and environmental sustainability. The findings suggest that fiscal decentralization, green investment, and renewable energy consumption play a significant role in reducing ecological footprints, with varying effects across different quantiles.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Arshian Sharif, Muhammad Saeed Meo, Mohammad Ashraful Ferdous Chowdhury, Kazi Sohag
Summary: Solar energy has the potential to reduce ecological footprints and should be integrated into the sustainable growth agenda, according to empirical analysis. However, the impact of solar energy consumption on ecological footprints varies among countries, and there is a feedback effect of ecological footprints on solar energy in some cases.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Matheus Koengkan, Emad Kazemzadeh, Jose Alberto Fuinhas, Mohammad Nabi Shahiki Tash
Summary: Environmental innovations play a crucial role in reducing air pollution and premature deaths. This research examines the impact of eco-innovations on premature deaths caused by indoor and outdoor air pollution in twenty-nine European countries. The results show that eco-innovations significantly reduce premature deaths, particularly indoors. Additionally, factors such as economic growth, renewable energy consumption, and urbanization also contribute to reducing mortality, while CO2 emissions increase this risk.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Nooshin Karimi Alavijeh, Nasrin Salehnia, Narges Salehnia, Matheus Koengkan
Summary: This study investigates the impact of agricultural development on CO2 emissions in the 15 most populous developing countries from 2004 to 2020 using panel quantile regression. The results show that agricultural value added has a significant positive impact, especially in higher quantiles. Energy consumption and trade openness are found to be the most influential variables in the model.
ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Fatemeh Dehdar, Jose Alberto Fuinhas, Nooshin Karimi Alavijeh, Nazia Nazeer, Samane Zangoei
Summary: This study investigates the significant determinants of carbon emissions, finding that GDP has a negative and significant effect on carbon emissions, while energy consumption and energy price have a positive and significant effect. Energy expenditure has a negative and significant effect at both the upper and lower quantiles, indicating that high energy expenditures do not reduce carbon emissions.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Emad Kazemzadeh, Jose Alberto Fuinhas, Magdalena Radulescu, Matheus Koengkan, Nuno Silva
Summary: This study examines the impact of green innovation initiatives, environmental policy stringency, and economic complexity on mortality from air pollution using data from the G7 countries between 1990 and 2019. The results show that per capita CO2 emissions and economic complexity have a positive effect on death rates from indoor and outdoor air pollution. On the other hand, green innovation initiatives, environmental policy stringency, real GDP per capita, renewable energy consumption per capita, and urbanization help reduce deaths caused by air pollution. The findings suggest that policymakers should consider the strength of environmental policy and promote effective green innovation initiatives to reduce air pollution-related mortality. They should also monitor changes in economic complexity, identify the most significant contributors to air pollution-related deaths, and intervene accordingly.
ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
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Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Angela Sofia Laiginhas Pina, Jose Alberto Fuinhas, Zelia Serrasqueiro, Matheus Belucio
Summary: This paper examines the impact of economic growth and terrorism on international tourism in Council of Europe countries. The results emphasize the need for public measures to promote tourism activities, reduce terrorism, and utilize the intrinsic advantages of globalization to attract international tourism.
Article
Business, Finance
Jose Alberto Fuinhas, Nuno Silva, Joshua Duarte
Summary: This study examines the interdependencies between delinquency rates of mortgage, credit card, and auto loans in the USA from 2003 to 2019. The findings indicate a significant bidirectional Granger causality between delinquencies, with mortgage predominantly causing credit card and auto loan delinquencies. The study also calls for policymakers to regulate the transmission channel from debt delinquencies.
STUDIES IN ECONOMICS AND FINANCE
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Emad Kazemzadeh, Jose Alberto Fuinhas, Masoud Shirazi, Matheus Koengkan, Nuno Silva
Summary: Many countries are focusing on energy efficiency to improve the environment and reduce energy waste. This study used club convergence and panel quantile regression models to investigate the economic complexity of energy intensity from 1995 to 2019. The results showed that 42 out of 62 countries achieved convergence in energy intensity. Factors such as economic complexity, urbanization, trade openness, industrial production, foreign direct investment, oil price, and economic growth were found to impact energy intensity. It was observed that economic complexity has an inverted U-shaped relationship with energy intensity, and promoting the diffusion of economic complexity can help mitigate noxious gas emissions.
Article
Economics
Matheus Koengkan, Jose Alberto Fuinhas, Isabel Vieira
Summary: The main objective of this study is to examine the impact of the energy paradigm transition on environmental degradation in eighteen Latin American and Caribbean countries. Panel non-linear autoregressive distributed lag (PNARDL) model was used for the period 1990-2019. The empirical results show that economic growth has a positive impact on CO2 emissions in both the short and long run, while public capital stock has a positive impact on CO2 emissions in the short run. However, the ratio of renewable energy has a negative impact on CO2 emissions in both the short and long run.
JOURNAL OF THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
(2023)
Article
Economics
Anna Auza, Jose Alberto Fuinhas
Summary: The study applies the Russian doll of sustainability framework to examine the determinants of income inequality in transition countries. The analysis focuses on the impact of land endowment on institutions and economic outcomes in ten Central and Eastern European countries from 1995 to 2021. The findings reveal that land endowment widens income inequality, while trade openness reduces it. The influence of democratic measures on inequality varies depending on the time horizon, with participatory democracy increasing inequality and egalitarian democracy decreasing it. Additionally, the provision of rural-biased public services is associated with higher inequality in the short run but decreased inequality in the long run. The study does not find evidence of a robust Kuznets curve or a significant relationship between financial development and income inequality.
SINGAPORE ECONOMIC REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Economics
Daniel Machado, Jose Alberto Fuinhas
Summary: This empirical research examines the relationship between economic freedom and income inequality using data from 102 countries between 2000 and 2018. The results show that economic freedom has a negative impact on income inequality, although the relationship is relatively rigid. The study also finds that the size of the government and legal property rights increase income inequality, while deregulation has the opposite effect. The paper concludes with future research guidelines.
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Nuno Silva, Jose Alberto Fuinhas, Matheus Koengkan, Emad Kazemzadeh, Volkan Kaymaz
Summary: This study analyzes the renewable energy capacity of 27 European countries between 2000 and 2020, using advanced econometric techniques. The findings emphasize the long-term nature of achieving non-hydroelectric renewable capacity and the importance of persistent policies. Key variables such as maintaining economic freedom, fostering financial development, and driving research and development of non-hydroelectric renewable patents play a significant role in capacity expansion. The study also highlights the influence of political orientations on energy transition.
ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Flavio Renato Barros da Guarda, Matheus Koengkan, Jose Alberto Fuinhas
Summary: This paper examines the impact of the Health Gym Program on hospital admission expenses for stroke in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The results show that municipalities that implemented the program spent an average of 21.04% less on hospitalizations for stroke compared to those that did not. The density of program coverage within the municipality also affects the reduction of expenses.
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH-HEIDELBERG
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Matheus Koengkan, Jose Alberto Fuinhas, Anna Auza, Ugur Ursavas
Summary: This research investigates the impact of energy efficiency regulations on reducing energy poverty in residential dwellings in the Lisbon metropolitan area from 2014 to 2020. The study utilizes Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) and Moments Quantile Regression (MM-QR) methodologies. The findings suggest that energy efficiency regulations have a positive effect on energy poverty (101.9252). However, the current regulations may not effectively address energy poverty in Lisbon's metropolitan area and Portugal due to economic, institutional, and behavioural barriers.
Article
Environmental Studies
Nuno Silva, Jose Alberto Fuinhas, Matheus Koengkan, Emad Kazemzadeh
Summary: This study uses fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis to identify causal conditions for high or low environmental performance (EPI). The findings suggest that there are multiple paths to improve environmental performance, contingent on the country's initial environmental development level.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REVIEW
(2024)
