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- Title
Green versus conventional growth in the EKC framework of top pollutant footprint countries: Evidence based on advanced panel data techniques.
- Authors
Usman, Ahmed; Ozturk, Ilhan; Naqvi, Syed Muhammad Muddassir Abbas; Zafar, Syeda Maria; Javed, Muhammad Imran
- Abstract
Green growth has become the most credible solution to deal with the deterioration of the environment and excessive use of natural resources. Many studies have investigated the relationship between conventional economic growth and environmental degradation in Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) framework. However, in this analysis, we have investigated the EKC hypothesis by including green growth instead of conventional growth. Moreover, we have relied on the ecological footprint to represent environmental degradation in this analysis. Hence, the primary focus of the research is to investigate the association between green economic growth and ecological footprint in the EKC framework of top footprint economies for 1991–2017. The study employed the CS‐ARDL model and other advanced panel data techniques to estimate the model. The analysis confirmed the EKC hypothesis in top ecological footprint economies when we use conventional economic growth; however, the estimated coefficients of green growth and its square are negatively significant. The findings imply that green growth can help reduce the environmental burden, and renewable energy, eco‐innovations, and human capital also support the cause.
- Subjects
PANEL analysis; ECOLOGICAL impact; NATURAL resources; KUZNETS curve; ESTIMATION theory; ENVIRONMENTAL degradation
- Publication
Geological Journal, 2023, Vol 58, Issue 9, p3368
- ISSN
0072-1050
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/gj.4822