The carbon emission and life expectancy nexus: mediating roles of agriculture and foreign direct investment in Nigeria

Nwani, Stanley Emife; Imhanzenobe, Japhet

doi:10.1108/meq-08-2021-0184

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“…This result echoes the work done by Murthy et al (2021) on the relation between life expectancy and carbon emissions by considering a dataset from 2000 to 2016, which indicates that an increase in carbon emissions leads to decrease life expectancy in 54 selected countries. Also, our results confirm the study of the West et al (2016), Steinberger et al (2020), Landrigan et al (2020), Poças et al (2020), Nwani and Imhanzenobe (2022) and Salehnia et al (2022). Also, Hill et al (2019) confirm that carbon emissions is one the major environment factors that causes high mortality rates spread respiratory diseases and blood clotting within all fragments of society in the world.…”

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The role of renewable energy on life expectancy: evidence from method of moments quantile regression based on G-7 countries data

Alavijeh

Shadmehri

Dehdar

et al. 2023

IJESM

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Purpose While science has researched the impact of air pollution on human health, the economic dimension of it has been less researched so far. Renewable energy consumption is an important factor in determining the level of life expectancy and reducing health expenditure. Thus, this study aims to investigate the impact of renewable energy, carbon emissions, health expenditure and urbanization on life expectancy in G-7 countries over the period of 2000–2019. Design/methodology/approach This study has adopted a novel Method of Moments Quantile Regression (MMQR). Furthermore, as a robustness check for MMQR, the fully modified ordinary least square, dynamic ordinary least squares and fixed effect ordinary least square estimators have been used. Findings The results indicated that renewable energy consumption, health expenditure and urbanization lead to an increase in life expectancy across all quantiles (5th to 95th), whereas higher carbon dioxide emissions reduce life expectancy at birth across all the quantiles (5th to 95th). Practical implications The empirical findings conclude that governments should recognize their potential in renewable energy sources and devise policies such as tax-related regulations, or relevant incentives to encourage further investments in this field. Originality/value This paper in comparison to the other research studies used MMQR to investigate the impact of factors affecting life expectancy. Also, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, so far no study has investigated the impact of renewable energy on life expectancy in G-7 countries.

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The role of renewable energy on life expectancy: evidence from method of moments quantile regression based on G-7 countries data

Alavijeh

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Dehdar

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“…Sparingly, studies on the relationship between air pollution and life expectancy in the Niger Delta region (Giwa et al, 2019;Nriagu et al, 2016;Oghenetega et al, 2019;Osuoha and Fakutiju, 2017;Seiyaboh and Izah, 2017;Nwani and Imhanzenobe, 2022) neglected the roles of knowledge and coping strategy. The choice of these variables was informed by the constant pollution related illness due to lack of awareness, continued attraction of FDI into the oil producing communities and declining agricultural activities.…”

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Pollution, knowledge and coping strategy and life expectancy in oil producing communities

Nwani

2023

IJSE

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PurposeThis study aims to examine the relationship between pollution and life expectancy in oil producing communities, where there is a dearth of empirical evidence on how knowledge and coping strategy, agriculture and foreign capital inflows mediate the relationship between pollution and life expectancy.Design/methodology/approachThe study employed a cross sectional survey design to analyze the roles of knowledge and coping strategy, agriculture and foreign capital inflows in the relationship between pollution and life expectancy in Benekuku and Okpai oil producing communities in the Niger Delta. The study employed the modern structural equation modeling (SEM) estimator.FindingsEstimates show the mediating effect of agriculture on air pollution-longevity (coeff. = 0.398; t-value = 4.425; p < 0.05) and (coeff. = −0.120; t-value = −3.862; p < 0.05) mediating effect of foreign capital. The result revealed that agriculture and foreign capital inflows are significant mediators in pollution-life expectancy relations, affirming the Niger Delta as a pollution haven. However, knowledge and coping strategy with estimate of (coeff. = 0.233; t-value = 6.150; p < 0.05) spurs life expectancy.Practical implicationsThe study suggests knowledge of hazard identification and reporting and awareness of coping strategy as the panacea to poor life expectancy rate in these local oil producing communities.Originality/valueThe study departs from existing works by estimating the mediating roles of agriculture and foreign capital inflow in air pollution-Life expectancy by controlling for knowledge and coping strategy using the structural equation model with ethical approval from Health Ethics Research Committee.Peer reviewThe peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/IJSE-11-2022-0734

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IFRS Adoption and Performance of Stock Markets: A Comparative Analysis of Frontier Stock Markets in Sub‐Saharan Africa

Imhanzenobe

2024

Thunderbird Intl Bus Rev

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The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) is a set of global accounting standards that tries to provide truer and fairer accounting figures by recommending more realistic measurement and recognition criteria, increasing the disclosure of relevant information, and increasing the comparability of financial statements across borders. Most of the literature on IFRS adoption addresses its impact on the value relevance of accounting figures but ignores the wider picture in terms of impact on stock market performance. The few studies that address IFRS adoption and stock market performance focus on advanced economies and lack proper theoretical underpinning. This study addresses the impact of IFRS adoption on stock market performance in Sub‐Saharan Africa. The study applied the autoregressive distributed lag model to test the research hypotheses. The Johannesburg, Nigerian, and Nairobi stock exchanges were selected as the sample markets because they constitute the major frontier markets for foreign investors wishing to penetrate the Sub‐Saharan African market. The sample period was from 1990 to 2020. The results of the study showed that IFRS adoption had a positive and significant impact on market efficiency and size for all the selected countries. IFRS adoption had a positive and significant impact on market liquidity in Kenya only. The study recommends that IFRS adopters should implement stock market policies that encourage the participation of foreign investors following the increase in financial statements comparability brought about by IFRS adoption.

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The carbon emission and life expectancy nexus: mediating roles of agriculture and foreign direct investment in Nigeria

Cited by 4 publications

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The role of renewable energy on life expectancy: evidence from method of moments quantile regression based on G-7 countries data

The role of renewable energy on life expectancy: evidence from method of moments quantile regression based on G-7 countries data

Pollution, knowledge and coping strategy and life expectancy in oil producing communities

IFRS Adoption and Performance of Stock Markets: A Comparative Analysis of Frontier Stock Markets in Sub‐Saharan Africa

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