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Assessment of the influence of institutions and globalization on environmental pollution for open and closed economies
Gyamfi, Bright Akwasi; Agozie, Divine Quase; Ali, … - 2024
As the environmental sustainability effectiveness of various political systems is taken into consideration, it is doubtful as to whether the presumption of the overall efficiency of democracy can be sustained in global governance architecture. The effectiveness of autocracies and democracies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014514215
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Foreign investment, international trade and environmental sustainability : exploring ecological footprints in 37 African countries
Iheonu, Chimere Okechukwu; Emeka, Ekene; Asongu, Simplice; … - 2022
This study complements existing literature by examining the short-run heterogeneous and longrun homogeneous impacts of foreign direct investment (FDI) and international trade on ecological footprints in 37 African countries for the period 1990 to 2019. Utilizing the pooled mean group estimator,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013389150
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Foreign investment, international trade and environmental sustainability : exploring ecological footprints in 37 African countries
Iheonu, Chimere Okechukwu; Emeka, Ekene; Asongu, Simplice; … - 2023
This study complements existing literature by examining the short-run heterogeneous and longrun homogeneous impacts of foreign direct investment (FDI) and international trade on ecological footprints in 37 African countries for the period 1990 to 2019. Utilizing the pooled mean group estimator,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014339611
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Assessing the moderating effect of institutional quality on economic growth : carbon emission nexus in Nigeria
Maduka, Anne C.; Ogwu, Stephen Obinozie; Ekesiobi, … - 2022
This study explores the relationship between economic growth and carbon dioxide and the moderating effect of institutional quality in Nigeria from 1990 to 2020, by employing long run and short run dynamic ARDL regression, quartile regression and granger causality test for the estimation....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013177454
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Do female parliamentarians improve environmental quality? : cross-country evidence
Asongu, Simplice; Salahodjaev, Raufhon - 2022
This study explores the empowerment of women in politics on the environmental sustainability. Using data for the period 2015-2019 from 179 countries, we investigate the link between representation of women in parliament and the Environmental Performance Index (EPI). To explore the causal effect,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012815608
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Environmental pollution, economic growth and institutional quality : exploring the nexus in Nigeria
Egbetokun, Samuel; Osabuohien, Evans; Akinbobola, … - 2019
The interaction between environmental pollution and economic growth determines the achievement of the green growth … pollution is effectively dampened by social, political and economic factors as such economy grows. Thus, this study examines the … EKC considering the impact of institutional quality on six variables of environmental pollution [carbon dioxide (CO2 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012101396
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New insight into the causal linkage between economic expansion, FDI, coal consumption, pollutant emissions and urbanization in South Africa
Joshua, Udi; Bekun, Festus Victor; Sarkodie, Samuel A. - 2020
This study examines the relationship between foreign direct investment inflows and economic growth by incorporating the role of urbanization, coal consumption and CO2 emissions as additional variables to avoid omitted variable bias. The different order of integration from the unit root test...
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The dilemmas of relevance : exploring the role of natural resources and the carbon Kuznets curve hypothesis in managing climate crisis in Africa
Shobande, Olatunji Abdul; Asongu, Simplice - 2022
The study examines the role of natural resources and the carbon emission Kuznets curve, (CKC) in managing the climate crisis in Africa, using annual series data from the World, Bank from 1980 to 2019. The empirical strategy is based on the second-generation panel, techniques that account for...
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Military expenditure, governance, and environmental degradation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Ndour, Cheikh T. - 2023
This article examines how good governance counteracts the effects of military expenditure on carbon emissions in forty African countries. The Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) is used to analyze time series data from 2010-2020. Military expenditure per capita is used to measure military...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014339609
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Intelligence and its effects on environmental decline : a worldwide analysis
Ajide, Kazeem Bello; Alimi, Olorunfemi Yasiru; Asongu, … - 2024
The research investigates the relationship between intelligence quotient (IQ) and environmental degradation, aiming to understand how cognitive abilities influence environmental outcomes across different nations and time periods. The objective is to examine the impact of intelligence quotient...
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