This study uses 1971-2013 panel data to explore the implications of growth, wealth disparities and energy consumption on carbon emissions in a sample of Next-Eleven (N-11) countries. It uses modern econometric techniques to highlight a long-run interplay between selected variables in the carbon...

This paper investigates the effects of trade liberalization on labour demand elasticities. The employment demand equation is estimated by using data for manufacturing industries in Tunisia covering the period from 1971 to 1996. The empirical results suggest a weak support for the idea assuming...

Employing the Web of Science database, we conduct a systematic review of ESG and CSR research in the era of Fintech and Blockchain. With the searched terms ‘green bonds’ representing sustainable capital markets, ‘ESG’, ‘CSR’, ‘Fintech’, and ‘Blockchain’; we find the gradually...

Using panel data of Middle East countries for the period 2007-2020, the study sheds light on the roles of infrastructure investments in mitigating climate change impacts. We introduce the extended Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKCI) framework to the extant literature on energy-growth-environment...

Using panel data on Middle East countries for the period 2007-2020, the study sheds light on the roles of infrastructure investments in mitigating climate change impacts. We introduce the extended Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKCI) framework to the extant literature on energy-growth-environment...

Resource abundance characterizes economies within the MENA region from North Africa to the Middle East. As such, to improve financial development (FD) for regional economic sustainability, this study provides a comprehensive analysis of the roles of natural resources abundance and institutional...

Using intensive large panel data from thirty-one IEA-member economies for the period of 1974-2020, we provide cross-country evidence on the roles of public energy technology RD&D budgets in renewable energy transition and climate risk mitigation under policy uncertainty in the era of climate...