Article
Environmental Sciences
Mei Wang, Yifan Zheng, Shaojun Ma, Jun Lu
Summary: The impact of human capital on energy consumption is explored in this study using panel data from 30 provinces in China from 2000 to 2020. The research shows that human capital can reduce both local and surrounding energy consumption through spillover effects. The impact exhibits a U-shaped curve, decreasing initially and then increasing, as economic growth reaches a threshold level. The study informs policy and provides insights for investors and policymakers by demonstrating the energy conservation effects of human capital.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Zheng Li, Yingying Ding, Dongri Han
Summary: The study investigates the impact of energy consumption structure transformation on carbon productivity in different regions of China, revealing a significant threshold effect. As clean production levels increase, regional carbon productivity is expected to improve, indicating the importance of adjusting energy consumption and enhancing clean production levels for lower emissions and sustainable economic development in China.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Anhua Zhou, Jun Li
Summary: This article examines the impact of trade liberalization on renewable energy and employs statistical methods for quantitative analysis. The results show positive long-term and short-term effects of trade liberalization on renewable energy, and reveal a dual threshold effect of human capital. Mechanism analysis indicates that trade liberalization promotes the use of renewable energy through technological effects. The findings support trade liberalization and human capital as important forces in promoting renewable energy development in the future.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Kazeem Bello Ajide, Ridwan Lanre Ibrahim
Summary: This paper examines the threshold effects of capital investments on carbon emissions in G20 economies and finds that above a certain threshold, capital investments have a significant impact on the environment.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Bing Han
Summary: The study found that there is a significant spatial correlation and spillover effect between technological innovation and industrial carbon productivity, and the impact of technological innovation on industrial carbon productivity has a double threshold effect.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Tingbo Guo, Bowen Zheng, Muhammad Abdul Kamal
Summary: This paper investigates the impact of environmental regulations on inward foreign direct investment (FDI) in China. A panel threshold model is used to assess the threshold effects of these regulations on FDI. The findings reveal a V-shaped curve, indicating that environmental regulations initially inhibit FDI, but later lead to an increase in FDI. This can be explained by the need for pollution-generating FDI to withdraw from China due to strict regulations until the human capital level reaches a certain threshold. Once this threshold is reached, converted cleaner-production FDI and additional FDI from different destinations enter China, boosting overall FDI.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jing Xiu, Tianyu Zhao, Guangmin Jin, Liang Li, Huaping Sun
Summary: This research analyzes the mechanism of technological innovation on carbon total factor productivity (CTFP) and finds that technological innovation has a significant driving effect on CTFP, with a better driving effect on the left side of the threshold value. During the 14th Five-Year Plan, promoting the speed of micro-scientific and technological innovation and green technological innovation can promote the growth of CTFP and improve the performance of low-carbon development.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zibiao Li, Xue Lu, Siwei Wang, Xin Li, Han Li
Summary: This paper investigates the relationship between regional green finance and total factor carbon productivity (TFCP) in China. The study finds a nonlinear relationship between the two variables and introduces market-based environmental regulation (MER) and command-and-control environmental regulation (CER) as threshold variables. The findings suggest that when green finance has a negative impact on TFCP, adjusting environmental regulations can maximize the benefits of green finance.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jiaoning Zhang, Xiaoyu Ma, Jiamin Liu
Summary: With the introduction of the digital age and urbanization in China, the digital economy (DE) has become an important factor in driving city sustainability (SUS). The impact of DE on SUS is influenced by the level of human capital (HC) accumulation and development. This study finds that DE has a significant positive effect on SUS, with a single threshold of HC. In areas with low HC levels, DE inhibits SUS, while in areas with high HC levels, DE particularly promotes SUS. The role of DE on SUS varies across different regions.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zhiguang Song
Summary: This study examines the nonlinear relationship between economic growth and environmental pollution in China, based on data from 30 Chinese provinces from 2001 to 2016. It finds that sustained high levels of investment in technology and environmental protection activities are empirically significant in cutting down on carbon emissions. Provinces in East China should transition towards more renewable energy sources, while inland provinces with abundant energy resources should focus on clean mining technology and improving energy delivery channels for sustainable development.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Tao Tang, Brayan Tillaguango, Rafael Alvarado, Ximena Songor-Jaramillo, Priscila Mendez, Stefania Pinzon
Summary: Human capital formation plays a crucial role in promoting economic progress in developing countries. Foreign direct investment (FDI) has become an effective mechanism for transmitting human capital in highly globalized countries. The study suggests that the causal link between FDI flows, globalization, and knowledge is influenced by factors such as electoral democracy, employment, natural resources, export diversification, and fertility. Threshold effects are observed in different regions and income groups, indicating the importance of promoting FDI and electoral democracy above certain thresholds to encourage the transfer of human capital.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yi Hu, Jiayu Zheng
Summary: This paper analyzes the action paths of green credit on carbon emissions in China through empirical examination of panel data. The results show that green credit mainly inhibits carbon emissions through its impact on industrial structure, energy structure, and energy intensity. Furthermore, the study explores the role of signal formation mechanism in this process, finding heterogeneity among provinces. The findings provide policy implications for different regions.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Tian-Hui Wang, Jin Lu
Summary: This paper examines the relationship between advanced human capital structure and public health in China using the panel threshold regression model. The results show that the advanced human capital structure has a non-linear single threshold effect on population health indicators. The promotion effect of advanced human capital structure on public health is significantly weakened when surpassing the threshold. These asymmetric effects are closely related to China's health policies. There is significant heterogeneity in the promotion effect of advanced human capital structure on public health in different regions. The eastern and central regions have a single threshold value, but the threshold value and facilitation effect are different. However, the western region has no threshold. The heterogeneity effects are caused by the different levels of advanced human capital structure. Therefore, governments should implement appropriate public health policies according to the development characteristics of different regions.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jiujiu Cui, Wenju Wang, Zhenling Chen, Guangqian Ren, Xiaofang Gao
Summary: The study explores the impact of digitization and financial development on China's economic eco-efficiency and proposes a unified research framework. The results show that both digitization and financial development are significantly positively correlated with regional eco-efficiency. Financial development has a greater impact on eco-efficiency compared to digitization. Additionally, there is a threshold effect in the impact mechanism of digitization on regional eco-efficiency.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Atif Jahanger
Summary: This study found that human capital and political globalization help reduce carbon emissions, while economic, social, and overall globalization decrease environmental quality. The empirical results support the inverted U-shaped environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Muhammad Ibrahim Shah, Muhammad Usman, Hephzibah Onyeje Obekpa, Shujaat Abbas
Summary: This study examines the impact of carbon dioxide emission and air pollution on agricultural productivity in BRICS countries. The results indicate that both factors negatively affect agricultural productivity, while renewable energy, ICT, technological innovation, and democracy have a positive effect.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Atif Jahanger, Mohammad Razib Hossain, Muhammad Usman, Joshua Chukwuma Onwe
Summary: This study aims to determine the impact of natural resource rent, energy use, and human capital on environmental quality restoration in the BRICS economies from 1990 to 2018. The findings indicate that economic growth and non-renewable energy usage increase greenhouse gas emissions, while renewable energy reduces emissions and restores environmental sustainability. Additionally, human capital helps lower GHG emissions and mediate the negative effects of natural resource rent on the environment.
Article
Business
Pei Xu, Penghao Ye, Atif Jahanger, Siwei Huang, Fan Zhao
Summary: Green credit policy effectively reduces corporate carbon emission intensity by lowering investment carbon intensity and enhancing environmental supervision. However, the signaling mechanism of green credit does not significantly alleviate corporate carbon emission intensity. Companies with third-party certification, non-state-owned ownership, and high financing constraint have a stronger reduction effect on corporate carbon emission intensity. Innovations should be made to the standards and processes of green credit to ensure sustainability and stability. Quantitative and standardized corporate environmental information disclosure is essential for the low-carbon effect on green finance innovation.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Yang Yu, Jun Nie, Atif Jahanger
Summary: China's light sector, as a high-energy-consuming industry, has not received enough attention for its carbon emissions. This paper analyzes the impact of China's light sector on CO(2)e using the energy consumption technique, input-output analysis technique, and structural decomposition model. The main factors restraining the growth of CO(2)e in the light sector are the energy structure effect, energy intensity effect, and input structure effect. However, the final demand effect promotes the growth of CO(2)e in the light sector, indicating a need to adjust demand and prevent resource waste.
Article
Economics
Riazullah Shinwari, Imran Zakeria, Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Sadiq
Summary: International assistance, foreign investment, and natural resource extraction have facilitated the reconstruction of institutions and financial systems, leading to accelerated economic growth. However, political upheaval has caused a halt in foreign direct investment (FDI) and has resulted in a precarious economic situation for the citizens of Afghanistan. This study explores the impact of FDI and natural resource abundance on GDP growth in Afghanistan, finding a constructive control of FDI on GDP and a reciprocal causality between GDP growth, natural resources, and FDI.
JOURNAL OF THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
(2023)
Article
Thermodynamics
Jun Wang, Muhammad Usman, Najia Saqib, Muhammad Shahbaz, Mohammad Razib Hossain
Summary: This study examines the impact of globalization, economic complexity, and renewable and fossil fuel energy consumption on Japan's ecological footprint. The findings demonstrate that positive shocks in structural changes, globalization, and renewable energy contribute to the protection of environmental quality in Japan, while negative shocks in renewable energy and fossil fuels increase the ecological footprint. The short-term coefficients exhibit similar trends to the long-term coefficients but differ in significance and magnitude.
Article
Environmental Studies
Yongming Huang, Syed Muhammad Faraz Raza, Muhammad Usman
Summary: This study analyzes the influence of asymmetric positive-negative shocks on China's economic growth in terms of industrial value-added, foreign direct investment, technological innovation, and natural resources. The findings show that industrial value-added has a positive effect on economic growth during positive shocks but adverse effects during negative shocks. Similarly, technological innovation contributes to economic growth regardless of the type of shock. However, foreign direct investment and natural resource rents have no impact on economic growth during positive shocks and negative effects during negative shocks. The study recommends focusing on heavy and secondary industries, technology-intensive policies, and sustainable resource adaptation.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zhengxia Tang, Mohammad Haseeb, Muhammad Usman, Mohd Shuaib, Mustafa Kamal, Mohammad Faisal Khan
Summary: This study investigates the balance between environmental quality and economic growth in China and finds that an increase in the money supply can reduce carbon emissions in both the short-run and long-run, while an increase in government expenditure leads to an increase in carbon emissions. The study also confirms the presence of an N-shaped environmental Kuznets curve, indicating that carbon emissions initially increase with economic growth but can be reduced through the square and cubic forms of economic growth. Additionally, the study finds a causal link between government expenditure, economic growth, and carbon emissions.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Atif Jahanger, Mumtaz Ali, Daniel Balsalobre-Lorente, Ahmed Samour, Foday Joof, Turgut Tursoy
Summary: As the world's largest carbon emitter, China needs to transition to a low-carbon economy, particularly in its transportation sector, to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. A study utilizing the bootstrap autoregressive distributed lag model found that increasing oil prices reduce carbon emission intensity in both the short and long run. Additionally, higher levels of renewable energy and economic complexity contribute to a decrease in carbon emission intensity, while non-renewable energy has a positive impact on carbon emission intensity.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Correction
Environmental Sciences
Ijaz Uddin, Muhammad Usman, Najia Saqib, Muhammad Sohail Amjad Makhdum
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ijaz Uddin, Muhammad Usman, Najia Saqib, Muhammad Sohail Amjad Makhdum
Summary: This study investigates the impact of geopolitical risk, corruption, and governance on environmental degradation proxies by carbon emissions in BRICS countries using data from 1990 to 2018. The empirical findings show that government effectiveness, regulatory quality, the rule of law, FDI, and innovation have a negative effect on CO2 emissions, while geopolitical risk, corruption, political stability, and energy consumption have a positive effect on CO2 emissions. Based on these results, the study calls for the central authorities and policymakers of these economies to redesign more sophisticated strategies to protect the environment.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Mustafa Kocoglu, Atif Jahanger, Ashar Awan, Dogan Barak, Daniel Balsalobre-Lorente
Summary: The emergence of globalization and human capital has played a crucial role in economic integration, resulting in economic growth and reduced CO2 emissions. Investing in human capital development is highlighted as vital for controlling ecological degradation and promoting sustainable economic growth.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Liu Wu, Xiaowen Wan, Atif Jahanger, Mengyi Li, Muntasir Murshed, Daniel Balsalobre-Lorente
Summary: Based on the perspective of industrial agglomeration, this study investigates the impact of digital economy's development on air pollution in 274 Chinese cities from 2011 to 2019 using a dynamic panel model and mediating effects model. The main findings suggest that the development of the digital economy reduces air pollution emissions in Chinese cities, with a greater impact in central and western China. Mechanism tests show that the digital economy promotes industrial agglomeration and plays a positive role in abating pollution in eastern and central China, while the mediating effect is not significant in western China. Diversified agglomeration acts as an active mediator in the pollution reduction effect of the digital economy in eastern and central China.
Article
Economics
Najia Saqib, Muhammad Usman, Ilhan Ozturk, Arshian Sharif
Summary: This study examines the impact of environmental technologies, financial growth, and energy use on ecological footprint and green growth. Environmental innovation and renewable energy deployment contribute to green growth, while financial expansion and non-renewable energy use have negative effects on the environment. The study also identifies causal relationships between different factors.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Muhammad Ramzan, Ummara Razi, Muhammad Usman, Suleman Sarwar, Amogh Talan, Hardeep Singh Mundi
Summary: This paper investigates the impact of nuclear energy, geothermal energy, agriculture development, and urbanization on carbon emissions and ecological footprint in China. The findings show statistically significant correlations between these factors and environmental degradation, while agricultural development has a pollution-mitigation impact.