Does the Level of Absorptive Capacity Matter for Carbon Intensity? Evidence from the USA and China

Mariyakhan, Kamalova; Mohamued, Elyas Abdulahi; Khan, Muhammad Asif; Popp, József; Oláh, Judit

doi:10.3390/en13020407

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“…A separate position is the low carbonization of the economy (Liao, et al (2019), Hu, X., and Liu, C. (2016), Ouyang, X., and Lin, B. (2015)) [23][24][25][26]. So, Liao et al (2019) analyzed the low-carbon supply chain management issues, and provided new tools for the selection of low-carbon electricity generator based on solar [23].…”

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GHG Emissions Mitigation in the European Union Based on Labor Market Changes

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The effects of the labor market on environmental issues are an actual problem at the global level, and recommendations are required to achieve equilibrium between labor productivity and environmental protection. Considering the ecological limits of work and the necessity of reducing the working time to mitigate GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions, this paper aims to assess the impact of the labor market on GHG emissions in the EU-28 countries. Using panel data models for 2007–2019, a positive effect of working time for employed persons on GHG emissions was detected. Labor productivity has a positive impact on emissions for most of the developed countries in the EU (old member states), while the effect is negative in the case of most of the new member states, which suggests that more efforts should be made by old member states to correlate labor productivity with a sustainable level of GHG emissions. As a novelty for research in the field, we assessed also the effect of targeted labor utilization on GHG emissions in order to describe the context of a sustainable economy that is an objective for each country in the EU. These results suggest that progress in GHG emissions mitigation might be achieved by reducing the working time for employed persons, which will also improve well-being. These recommendations could be useful also for other developed countries outside the EU that encounter the same difficulties.

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GHG Emissions Mitigation in the European Union Based on Labor Market Changes

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“…Pedroni's cointegration test indicates the overall presence of cointegration, therefore, policymakers sometimes need to know about the short-run and long-run dynamics to frame policies accordingly. More specifically, the study applies a linear panel ARDL approach [59] to come up with short-run and long-run individual coefficients along with the speed of adjustment with which the previous period disequilibrium is corrected. Following this, we estimate the asymmetric relationship using the recently developed non-linear modelling [16].…”

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Asymmetric Impact of Institutional Quality on Tourism Inflows Among Selected Asian Pacific Countries

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From an idealistic viewpoint, the existence of the tourism industry in a country/region is a blessing because of its anticipated sustainable economic benefits. To turn this idealistic state into a realistic one, institutions need to play a pivotal role in optimizing the desired incentives. The present study examines the asymmetric role of institutional quality in stimulating tourism inflows (receipts and arrivals) in selected Asia Pacific countries involved in tourism. The previous literature has established that improving institutional quality attracts tourism inflows to a destination. However, the literature fails to identify the specific point (threshold level) above (below) which the relationship turns positive (negative). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study that estimates the asymmetries in the nexus of institutions and tourism inflows, using robust nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag approach. Our results show that the tourism inflow in Asian Pacific countries responds asymmetrically to any changes in institutional quality, and there is a single threshold of 7.52 points, where the impact of institutional quality reverses. We conclude that our findings are robust to the alternative measures of tourism inflows. The study offers useful policy inputs for devising short and long-run policies for the betterment of the institutional framework in the region by understanding the asymmetric impact of institutional quality on tourism inflow.

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“…Reducing greenhouse gases in transport policies is a topic which is researched from many perspectives, spanning from transport efficiency [39,40], transport costs and emissions factors [41,42], transport modes in the EU [43,44] and more recently the use of big data [45,46] for designing mobility policies as well as technology transfer and innovation [47]. A clear gap in literature is the analysis of alternative policy instruments that focus on demand-side policies.…”

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Reducing Road Transport Emissions in Europe: Investigating A Demand Side Driven Approach †

Enzmann

Ringel

2020

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The European Union aims at net-zero emissions by 2050. A key sector to achieve this goal is road transport, where emissions show no signs of reducing but continue to grow. A review of policies undertaken by EU member states and the G20 to reduce transport emissions reveals that both present and planned policies focus on binding supply-side measures, but offer only weak demand-side incentives. To address this imbalance, we developed a downstream, demand-side policy prototype through an expert interview design process. We call the prototype “cap-and-surrender” because it caps road emissions, and then allocates tradable emission allowances to individual vehicles that drivers surrender at each fill-up. Allowance pricing, both by the state and in the secondary market, is designed to incentivize decarbonization of the sector. Though the system would require significant investment, its revenue potential to the state should exceed this investment by several multiples. We discuss the potential economic, environmental and social impacts of the policy, as assessed by European transport experts. We find that the approach can deliver significant transport emission reductions in an effective and economically efficient manner. Through the appropriate design of national allocation rules and a gradual phasing in of cap and surrender, potential negative social consequences can be mitigated, and public acceptance of the policy promoted.

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Does the Level of Absorptive Capacity Matter for Carbon Intensity? Evidence from the USA and China

Cited by 32 publications

References 76 publications

GHG Emissions Mitigation in the European Union Based on Labor Market Changes

GHG Emissions Mitigation in the European Union Based on Labor Market Changes

Asymmetric Impact of Institutional Quality on Tourism Inflows Among Selected Asian Pacific Countries

Reducing Road Transport Emissions in Europe: Investigating A Demand Side Driven Approach †

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