Go‐for‐green policies: The role of finance and trade for sustainable development

Abstract

The relationship between carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and income per capita (GDPpc) is widely discussed in the environmental literature, generally known as ‘Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC)’. The study primarily contributes to the literature on the EKC by (a) focusing on a sample of less developed countries (LDCs), (b) controlling for per capita GDP scaled by a factor of two (in logs), (c) controlling for lagged per capita GDP squared (in logs), and (d) controlling for per capita GDP cubed (in logs). The effect of environmental regulation on trade and FDI inflows evaluates the ‘Pollution Haven Hypothesis (PHH)’ across nations. The extended version of the EKC (EV‐EKC) framework validates the population‐based emission, generally known as ‘IPAT hypothesis’ where (I) is measured by air pollution (i.e. CO2 emissions), (P) is measured by population growth, (A) is measured by GDPpc, and (T) is measured by FDI inflows, trade, and energy demand. The study selected a panel of 24 LICs for the period of 2002–2016 for robust inferences. The results supported the inverted U‐shaped EKC hypothesis under the new beta's transformation in panel econometric techniques. The results partially supported the ‘PHH’ where FDI inflows are significantly associated with the CO2 emissions; while trade openness is not statistically significant in the prescribed regression apparatus. Population growth decreases carbon emissions to support the ‘genius’ principle, which rejected the IPAT hypothesis, whereas energy demand increases carbon emissions across countries.

Transformational Leadership Influence on Innovation Directly and Indirectly Through Affective Commitment in Hotel Industry of Malaysia

“…The concept of leadership and the different styles of leadership is not limited to the operational effects (Wilson-Evered et al, 2001) but also play major role in developing intellectual abilities of employees which ultimately results in better performance and innovation (Bass and Riggio, 2006;Abbas and Riaz, 2012;Jung et al, 2003). Researchers have established link between them (Amar, 1998;Mumford and Licuanan, 2004;Jung and Avolio, 2000;Eisenbeiss et al, 2008;Felfe and Goihl, 2002;Reuvers et al, 2008;Nassani et al, 2020; This Journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Nosheen et al, 2020;Abbas and Riaz, 2012). They further argued that it's the leaders who direct and guide the employees in a way which pave the way for innovation.…”

Sustainable growth through industrial robot diffusion: Quasi‐experimental evidence from a Bartik shift‐share design

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The Role of Hr Practices on Turnover Intentions Directly and Through Organizational Citizenship Behavior in the Banking Sector of Malaysia

“…To deter the actual turnover of employees (Mobley et al, 1979;Rasch and Harrell 1990), the best predictor is the employee turnover intentions (Chen et al, 2011;Steel and Ovalle, 1984). Different researchers advocated the strong relationship of turnover intentions and the various HR practices (Veloutsou and Panigyrakis, 2004;Benson, 2006;Nassani et al, 2020;Singh, 2012;Liou, 2009;Kumar and Singh, 2012).…”