Dynamics among economic growth, urbanization, and environmental sustainability in IEA countries: the role of industry value-added

Yang, Xiaotian; Khan, Irfan

doi:10.1007/s11356-021-16000-z

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“…Therefore, policymakers should design a policy that promotes a sustained lifestyle from the consumption and production perspective, ecological awareness, clean and environmental innovations. The study of Yang and Khan ( 2021 ) provides supporting evidence for our policy proposal. As we have analyzed in the long run, scaling up the digital transformation process has the effect of reducing the scale of CO 2 emissions as well as increasing energy efficiency.…”

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confidence: 54%

“…Following the previous studies, especially Le and Nguyen ( 2019 ), we consider the effect of income level (GDP) as measured by real gross domestic product per capita, the trade value (TRADE), net foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow as measured by its share of GDP, degree of industrialization (INDUS) as measured by the value-added of the industry sector as a percent of GDP, and the gross capital formation per capita (CAP). Yang and Khan ( 2021 ) also highlight the impacts of industry value-added and capital formation in improving environmental sustainability. We collect the above variables from World Development Indicators (WDI).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Are digital business and digital public services a driver for better energy security? Evidence from a European sample

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This paper empirically analyses the impacts of the digital transformation process in the business and public sectors on energy security (ES). We employ 8 indicators to represent four aspects of energy security, including availability, acceptability, develop-ability, and sustainability. Digital businesses development is captured by e-Commerce (including e-Commerce sales, e-Commerce turnover, e-Commerce web sales) and e-Business (including customer relation management (CRM) usage and cloud usage). Digital public services development is reflected by business mobility and key enablers. Different econometric techniques are utilized in a database of 24 European Union countries from 2011 to 2019. Our estimation results demonstrate that digital businesses play a critical role in improving the acceptability and develop-ability of energy security, while digitalization in public services supports achieving energy sustainability goals. The use of modern digital technology such as big data, cloud computing is extremely important to ensure the security of the energy system, especially the availability of energy. For further discussion on the role of digital public services, we reveal a nonlinear association between digitalization in the public sector and energy intensity and energy consumption, suggesting the acceptability and develop-ability of energy security can be enhanced if the digital transformation process achieves a certain level.

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Are digital business and digital public services a driver for better energy security? Evidence from a European sample

2022

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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“…The researchers mention that there is a positive relationship between urbanization and carbon emissions. Yang and Khan (2022) studied the effect of urbanization on the ecological footprint in IEA countries by using a multivariate production function. Their outcomes reveal that urbanization deteriorates environmental sustainability in the long run.…”

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Do Innovation in Environmental-Related Technologies and Renewable Energies Mitigate the Transport-Based CO2 Emissions in Turkey?

Alnour

2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Given the unprecedented level of air pollution in urban areas, green transport systems has been a subject to an important debate in academic and policymaking circles. Despite the considerable outputs of the attendant literature, most of empirical studies to date have relied on conventional econometric models in which structural shocks are not controlled. This study, therefore, aims to offer a new perceptive of the dynamic connection between renewable energy, environment-related technological innovation, and transport-based CO2 emissions in Turkey during 1990Q1 to 2014Q1 by applying the Structural Vector Autoregressive approach (SVAR). Furthermore, to explore the co-movements and the lead-lag interrelations among the study variables, the wavelet coherence technique was used. The wavelet coherence technique circumvents the other traditional causality approaches by detecting the causal interrelation between the underlying series at different frequencies. The findings disclose that environment-related technological innovation has no reliable power to explain the variation in CO2 emissions from the transport sector. Solar energy is found to impact the CO2 emissions positively in the long run, while biofuels hold the same effect in short run. Moreover, per capita GDP and urbanization significantly impact the carbon emissions from the transport system in the long run with a negative sign. The wavelet analysis reveals that renewables and environmental-related technological innovation lead the transport-based CO2 emissions. The fourth and 16th periods are the most dominant frequencies. Accordingly, the study suggests that innovation in environment-related technologies is not enough to mitigate the pollution that stemming from the transport system in Turkey, it should be accompanied by strong and effective environmental measures. These policies might include environmental taxations, carbon pricing and trading schemes, which aim not only to prevent the pollution and over-extraction of resources, but also to promote the public revenues from different activities that related to environmental purposes and other applications such as energy product and vehicle fuels. In addition, it is suggested to strengthening the transportation system through the deployment of renewables and high-tech eco-friendly modes of transportation.

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“…Furthermore, environmental sustainability is one of the most important factors in the pursuit of sustainable development goals (Zakari et al 2022). In the literature, there is a vast number of empirical studies on determinants of environmental sustainability, such as the role of green innovation (Zakari et al 2022); economic growth, international trade, and clean energy investment (Lyu et al 2021); industrial value-added, capital formation, urbanization, population growth, and biocapacity (Yang and Khan 2021); the energy consumption and tourism growth (Khan and Hou 2021); or the partnership between countries (Tawiah et al 2021). A recent study has highlighted the importance of green finance in promoting environmental performance (Zakari and Khan 2021).…”

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Socioeconomic and resource efficiency impacts of digital public services

2022

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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This paper measures the socioeconomic and resource-efficient influences of digital transformation in the public sector in the European region. To capture the socioeconomic impacts of digital public services, we employ a socioeconomic score index calculated as the unweighted average of the re-scaled scores for changes in employment, exports, and turnover from ecoindustries. Regarding resource-efficient impacts, we employ the resource efficiency score index measured as the unweighted average of the re-scaled scores for material, energy productivity, and the intensity of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Measures such as user-centricity, business mobility, and key enablers are used to demonstrate the level of digitalization in the public sector. According to our estimations based on various econometric techniques, digital public services have a favorable effect on the economy and society through a positive impact on employment, exports, and turnover of eco-industries. The effects of digitalization on resource productivity follow a nonlinear U-shaped curve, suggesting that the improvement of resource efficiency is only present when the digital transformation process reaches a certain level.

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Dynamics among economic growth, urbanization, and environmental sustainability in IEA countries: the role of industry value-added

Cited by 161 publications

References 75 publications

Are digital business and digital public services a driver for better energy security? Evidence from a European sample

Are digital business and digital public services a driver for better energy security? Evidence from a European sample

Do Innovation in Environmental-Related Technologies and Renewable Energies Mitigate the Transport-Based CO2 Emissions in Turkey?

Socioeconomic and resource efficiency impacts of digital public services

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