N-shaped EKC in sub-Saharan Africa: the three-dimensional effects of governance indices and renewable energy consumption

Bisset, Tazeb

doi:10.1007/s11356-022-22394-1

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“…The existence of an N ‐shaped EKC suggests that the scale effect is dominant as compared to the technique effect in top tourist countries. The result supports the findings of Bisset (2022) and Rashdan et al (2021) proposed the existence of N ‐shaped EKC in sub‐Saharan Africa and 14 emerging countries. This emphasises implementing clean and green technology that helps in the reduction of carbon emissions.…”

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Exploring the N‐shaped EKC in the top tourist destinations. Empirical evidence from cross‐country analysis

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Tourism, energy consumption, economic growth, and financial development (FD) have serious consequences on environmental quality, which have gained attention of researchers. This research study attempts to highlight the impact of these variables on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the Asian top‐four tourism countries, namely, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong. To achieve these objectives, the study applied Fully Modified Ordinary Least Squares (FMOLS) econometric technique to estimate the long‐run relationship, using annual data. Moreover, the study also applied the Dumitrescu–Hurlin panel causality test to identify the direction of the causality. The findings of the study show that energy consumption and trade openness have a negative impact on CO2 emissions. Moreover, tourism and FDI affect carbon emissions positively. Moreover, the study also validated the N‐shaped environmental Kuznets curve in these countries, indicating that economic growth positively influences carbon emissions in the early stages. However, in the middle stage, economic growth positively affects CO2 emissions, while in the later stage, it affects positively. Further, a unidirectional causality has been found from trade, economic growth and tourist arrivals to FD. Furthermore, based on empirical findings, the study suggests various policy implications for the government of the top‐four Asian tourist countries.

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“…Some evidence has not supported the traditional invertedu format, such as the studies by Diao et al (2009), who verified the presence of an N-shaped figure, using cubic polynomial for the equation of their sample to test the forms relationship between economic growth and environmental quality. Other studies such as Kaika and Zervas (2013), Churchill et al (2018), Wang (2018), Rashdan et al (2021), Gyamfi et al (2021), and Bisset (2022 found findings based on figure N. This approach brought a new theoretical context for the study of the EKC hypothesis, as the characteristics of the cubic equation may preclude the presence of an inflection point or other points. For Awan and Azam (2022, p. 11,104), the N-shape presents a broader concept than the original EKC; therefore, "in most advanced economies, the N-shape possibility is more likely to occur".…”

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“…In fact, government, independent global organizations and society have sought to establish goals in order to overcome the critical problems of global warming from a sustainable development perspective (Banuri 2013;Azevedo et al 2020a, b). In this way, it becomes important to obtain information about the relationships that can impact the environment, especially with regard to economic activities (Bisset 2022). In this perspective, research dealing with economic growth and the environment dates to 1798, when Thomas R. Malthus, when dealing with food production, argued that the future population should not be compromised by the disproportionality of population growth (Petroni 2009;Voinov and Filatova 2014;Bretschger 2020).…”

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“…Other studies have emphasized that certain variables (population, energy production, energy consumption, and others) may influence the formulation of such hypothesis (Schmalensee et al 1998;Andreoni and Levinson 2001;Friedl and Getzner 2003;Iwata et al 2012;. On the other hand, in specific estimation models, in which the equation is based on cubic polynomials, the figure to be found may be in N-shape, which will demonstrate a tendency to increase and decrease continuously (Diao et al 2009;Kaika and Zervas 2013;Churchill et al 2018;Wang 2018;Rashdan et al 2021;Gyamfi et al 2021;Bisset 2022).…”

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“…Certainly, the biggest challenge today is to maintain efficient development policies that minimize the costs of mitigating climate change. Thus, the understanding of the possible relationships between economic growth and environmental degradation has been expanded for the purposes of several studies in the scientific field (Rocha et al 2013;Rosen 2015;Wang and Christensen 2017;Azevedo et al 2020a, b;Bisset 2022).…”

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N-shaped EKC in sub-Saharan Africa: the three-dimensional effects of governance indices and renewable energy consumption

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