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Environmental Studies
Fu Ze, Wing-Keung Wong, Tariq Kamal Alhasan, Ata Al Shraah, Anis Ali, Iskandar Muda
Summary: This study examines the relationship between economic development, natural resource utilization, financial development, trade openness, and GHG emissions in China to achieve sustainable development, with a focus on SDG 13 (Climate Change). The study uses time series data from 1990 to 2021 and employs OLS, FMOLS, and DOLS econometric methods. The findings reveal an inverted U-shaped relationship between per capita income growth and GHG emissions in China, and positive impacts of natural resource utilization and negative impacts of financial development on GHG emissions. International trade is also found to have a positive effect on GHG emissions. The study suggests promoting cleaner technologies, efficient use of natural resources, financial development, trade openness with consideration of environmental impact, and international cooperation towards achieving SDGs.
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Environmental Sciences
Philip Chimobi Omoke, Tochukwu Nwachukwu, Ashiru Ibrahim, Odinaka Nwachukwu
Summary: This study uses a nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag model to assess the asymmetric impact of financial development, trade openness, and environmental degradation on economic growth in Venezuela. The findings show that declining financial development hinders economic growth, while trade openness has a positive impact on economic growth. In the short run, negative shocks to financial development negatively affect economic growth, while one year lagged negative shocks to financial development improve short-term economic growth.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
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Business, Finance
Yakubu Awudu Sare
Summary: This study examines the threshold effects of financial sector development on international trade in 46 African countries over the period of 1980-2016. The findings suggest that the impact of financial development on international trade is specific to certain thresholds, depending on various indicators of finance and specific country conditions.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FINANCE & ECONOMICS
(2021)
Article
Business, Finance
Imen Mohamed Sghaier
Summary: This study investigates the relationships between financial development, trade openness, and economic growth in four North African countries. The findings show that trade openness has a positive impact on economic growth and complements financial development. Therefore, local-level reforms and technology transfer induced by international trade are important for improving the domestic financial system.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FINANCE & ECONOMICS
(2023)
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Economics
Maxwell Chukwudi Udeagha, Nicholas Ngepah
Summary: This study re-examines the relationship between trade openness and economic growth in South Africa using the NARDL framework, finding that trade openness has short- and long-run asymmetric effects on economic growth. These results have important policy implications.
ECONOMIC CHANGE AND RESTRUCTURING
(2021)
Article
Business, Finance
Muhammad Jawad, Zaib Maroof, Munazza Naz
Summary: A well-functioning industrial sector is crucial for growth and has indirect contributions to poverty alleviation, unemployment reduction, trade promotion, increased per capita income, GDP growth, and more. This study examines the determinants of industrial development in developed economies, specifically comparing the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom. The research investigates the association between capital account openness, trade openness, equity openness, and industrial development in these economies. The findings suggest that equity openness and trade openness significantly predict industrial development in the EU, but these factors do not contribute significantly to industrial development in the United Kingdom.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FINANCE & ECONOMICS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Muhammad Ali Nasir, Nguyen Phuc Canh, Thi Ngoc Lan Le
Summary: The study investigates the determinants of environmental degradation in Australia through a comprehensive framework of EKC and STIRPAT, analyzing the impacts of multiple factors of socioeconomic development on CO2 emissions. Short-term bidirectional causality between economic growth, energy consumption, industrialization, and stock market development with carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is found. However, long-term positive impacts of financial development, energy consumption, and trade openness on CO2 emissions are also observed, while industrialization is not found to significantly affect CO2 emissions.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Economics
Ruixian Huang, Seenaiah Kale, Sudharshan Reddy Paramati, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary
Summary: This study investigates the impact of financial inclusion and trade openness on the economic development of EU countries, finding that the development of financial institutions has a significant positive impact on economic growth, while factors such as capital, labor, energy consumption, and trade openness also play crucial roles in driving economic growth. Financial inclusion has a more significant impact on economic output in low-income and new-EU member countries.
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND POLICY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Studies
Daniel Ofori-Sasu, Eunice Adu-Darko, Michael Effah Asamoah, Joshua Yindenaba Abor
Summary: This study examines the interrelationship between trade environment and oil rents and their impact on financial development. The results show that FDI and ease of doing business increase oil rents, but trade openness in oil producing countries does not reduce the resource curse. Moreover, oil rents have a negative effect on financial development, and there is a substitutability effect between oil rents and trade environment.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ming Qi, Jing Xu, Nnenna Bridget Amuji, Shumingrui Wang, Fengqian Xu, Huan Zhou
Summary: This study investigates the dynamic interactions among energy consumption, economic growth, and trade in West Africa using the Toda-Yamamoto model. The findings suggest that energy consumption has a positive impact on economic growth in West Africa with a significant lag effect, and there is a strong trade-dependent relationship between energy consumption and economic promotion. Trade opening and economic growth in West Africa mutually reinforce each other in the long run. Additionally, foreign trade plays a more significant role in boosting economic growth in countries with lower levels of economic development. These findings have important implications for understanding the economic development pattern in West Africa and highlight the need for an integrated energy and trade policy for sustainable economic growth.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Abdul Gaffar Khan, Md Afzal Hossain, Songsheng Chen
Summary: Civilization's rapid progress comes at a cost of severe environmental damages, and humanity now faces the consequences of centuries of environmental harm, necessitating measures for sustainable development without further environmental degradation, with a focus on understanding the impact of financial development and trade openness on carbon emissions.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Economics
Idris A. Abdulqadir, Simplice A. Asongu
Summary: This study investigates the asymmetric effect of internet access on economic growth in sub-Saharan African countries, finding a threshold effect of internet access and exploring its interactive mechanisms with financial resources, trade, government regulation, and tariff regimes. The joint impact of government regulation and tariff regimes is statistically significant in the operation of the telecommunication industry in SSA countries.
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND POLICY
(2022)
Article
Business, Finance
Yong Ma, Chi Yao
Summary: This paper reconsiders the impact of trade and financial openness on government size and examines the panel data of 165 countries from 1980 to 2016. The study finds a significant inverted U-shaped effect of trade openness on government size, but no significant impact from financial openness. Causality tests suggest that trade openness affects government size through various economic volatility channels and the effect of trade openness on government size also depends on financial openness and trade imbalances. The study also reveals that countries with a floating exchange rate regime have larger governments than those with a peg arrangement.
INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE
(2022)
Article
Economics
Mouyad Alsamara, Karim Mimouni, Zouhair Mrabet, Akram Temimi
Summary: This paper examines the impact of the 2008 global financial crisis on CO2 emissions within the framework of the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis. It reveals that the crisis had lasting effects on CO2 emissions, with varying impacts based on countries' income levels. The study also finds that the magnitude of shifts in turning points depends on the severity of the crisis.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Lamini Dauda, Xingle Long, Claudia Nyarko Mensah, Muhammad Salman, Kofi Baah Boamah, Sabina Ampon-Wireko, Courage Simon Kofi Dogbe
Summary: In this study, the relationship between innovation and CO2 emissions in nine African countries was analyzed, revealing effective strategies to combat CO2 emissions at both panel and individual country levels, including the use of renewable energy and investment in human capital. The study also confirmed the Environmental Kuznets Curve and other hypotheses.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Statistics & Probability
Saba Qureshi, Fiza Qureshi, Arjumand Bano Soomro, Fida Hussain Chandio, Sobia Shafaq Shah, Ijaz Ur Rehman
Summary: This study investigates the spillover between exchange rate risk and sectoral returns in Pakistan using high-frequency data. The findings suggest that the transmission of exchange rate risk to sectoral stock returns is scale-dependent and more notable in the short run. Additionally, there is evidence of exchange rate volatility impacting sectoral returns, while only a few sectoral returns affect the exchange rate.
COMMUNICATIONS IN STATISTICS-THEORY AND METHODS
(2022)
Article
Management
Ijaz Ur Rehman, Syeda Khiraza Naqvi, Faisal Shahzad, Ahmed Jamil
Summary: The study examines the moderating effect of ownership concentration on the relationship between corporate social responsibility performance (CSRP) and information asymmetry in Chinese firms. The findings suggest that CSRP positively influences information asymmetry, while ownership concentration negatively moderates the association between CSRP and information asymmetry. This research contributes to the understanding of CSR practices in China and highlights the importance of socially responsible activities for firm performance and shareholder rights protection.
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Business, Finance
Ayesha Qayyum, Ijaz Ur Rehman, Faisal Shahzad, Noman Khan, Faisal Nawaz, Panagiotis Kokkalis, Bruno S. Sergi
Summary: The study found that board gender diversity can reduce the stock price crash risk of the firm, especially in companies with three or more female directors on the board, where the impact is more significant.
BORSA ISTANBUL REVIEW
(2021)
Article
Business, Finance
Faisal Shahzad, Mushahid Hussain Baig, Ijaz Ur Rehman, Asif Saeed, Ghazanfar Ali Asim
Summary: This paper examines the effect of corporate social responsibility on firm performance by accounting for the role of Intellectual capital efficiency as a mechanism underlying the CSR-firm performance association. The findings suggest that CSR has a significant effect on firm performance, and this effect is partially mediated by Intellectual capital efficiency.
BORSA ISTANBUL REVIEW
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear
Ijaz Ur Rehman, Jie Zhang, Jinwei Chen, Ruilin Wang
Summary: Metal-organic-framework derived carbon-based nanomaterials have attracted significant interest due to their remarkable electrocatalytic activity, affordable cost, and exceptional stability. In this study, efficient Ni-N-CNTs catalysts were prepared by pyrolysis and exhibited excellent oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) performance and stability in alkaline medium.
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Economics
Moaz Gharib, Md Shabbir Alam, Iqbal Thonse Hawaldar, Muntasir Murshed, Uzma Khan, Rafael Alvarado, Ijaz Ur Rehman
Summary: This study examines the impacts of different types of green intellectual capital on environmental sustainability in the Sultanate of Oman. The results show that green structural capital significantly affects environmental sustainability, while green human capital and relation-based capital do not have a substantial impact on ecological sustainability.
ECONOMIC RESEARCH-EKONOMSKA ISTRAZIVANJA
(2022)
Review
Business
Usama Laique, Fahad Abdullah, Ijaz Ur Rehman, Bruno S. Sergi
Summary: This study investigates the reasons for the inconsistency in the relationship between board gender diversity and firm financial performance over the past two decades. It introduces an explanatory framework that previous studies have overlooked and systematically reviews theoretical perspectives, measures, associations, and methodologies from 1996 to 2022. The findings highlight various factors that hinder or facilitate the impact of board gender diversity on financial outcomes.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Gunjan Sharma, Penelope Brown, Ijaz Ur Rehman, Edward Chesney
Summary: This study found that in-patients subject to Section 37/41 of the Mental Health Act need permission from the Ministry of Justice, resulting in prolonged stays and increased costs. The authors suggest expanding the guidance for voluntary admissions and civil sections, as well as allowing clinicians to make decisions on leave and transfer in low-risk situations.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Nabeela Riaz, Samreen Younas, Ijaz Ur Rehman, Ahmad Abdul Haseeb, Saba Hanif, Anum Abid
Summary: This study reveals that road traffic accidents are the predominant cause of mandibular fractures in elderly patients, who require more care and attention especially after traumatic incidents, leading to financial burden on hospitals.
PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL & HEALTH SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Faiza Rehman, Ijaz Ur Rehman, Tahmasub Faraz Tayyab, Usman Tariq, Salman Amin, Ayaz Mehmood Qaisarani
Summary: The study found that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (ibuprofen) had significantly better pain reduction compared to muscle relaxants (diazepam) in adult patients with temporomandibular dysfunction.
PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL & HEALTH SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Muhammad Musa Kakar, Asadullah, Masha Khan, Ijaz Ur Rehman
Summary: The study revealed that in patients undergoing treatment for urolithiasis, slow rate extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy was more successful in eliminating stones compared to fast rate lithotripsy.
PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL & HEALTH SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Ijaz Ur Rehman, Syed Atif Hussain, Humayun Khan, Bilal Habib, Raheel Sheikh
Summary: The study aimed to correlate the association between obesity and prostate volume in BPH patients. Findings suggest that central obesity plays a key role in developing and promoting BPH, with a positive correlation found between waist circumference, BMI, and prostate volume. A balanced diet and physical exercise can help maintain a healthier BMI among obese and aged men.
PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL & HEALTH SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Business
Syeda Khiraza Naqvi, Faisal Shahzad, Ijaz Ur Rehman, Fiza Qureshi, Usama Laique
Summary: Engaging in corporate social responsibility activities can reduce information asymmetry, and analyst coverage plays a moderating role in the relationship between corporate social responsibility performance and information asymmetry.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Business
Ali Kutan, Usama Laique, Fiza Qureshi, Ijaz Ur Rehman, Faisal Shahzad
Summary: National culture plays a significant role in corporate financial decision making, influencing cash holding, risk-taking, and managerial behavior, but there is still limited research on its impact on investment efficiency and causal mechanisms.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EMERGING MARKETS
(2021)
Article
Business, Finance
Ijaz Ur Rehman, Faisal Shahzad, Khawaja Fawad Latif, Noman Nawab, Abdul Rashid, Shabir Hyder
Summary: This study explores the impact of national culture on firm investment inefficiency and CSR performance, finding that a high degree of individualism, uncertainty avoidance, and masculinity can reduce investment inefficiency, while higher power distance leads to increased investment inefficiency. These variables mainly affect firm investment inefficiencies through changes in CSR performance.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FINANCE & ECONOMICS
(2021)
