Endogenous Growth and Environmental Policy

Withagen, Caam Cees; Vellinga, Nico

doi:10.1111/0017-4815.00151

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“…The utilitarian theory offers a theoretical background for the signi cant relationship between ICTs and environmental degradation. The theory claims that the welfare of a society can be maximized through ICT infrastructure (Withagen and Vellinga, 2001). Therefore, it implies that social welfare can be attained by reducing carbon emissions via ICTs and will conversely play an essential role in environmental degradation (Batool et al, 2019).…”

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Role of ICTs In Environmental Degradation: A Cross-Country Analysis

Saleem

Ahmed

2023

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The present study contributes to the existing debate on environmental degradation by analyzing the role of ICTs, economic growth, renewable energy production, and environmental technologies on the carbon footprint as a proxy of environmental degradation. For this purpose, the study gathers the data of South Asian economies (Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka) for the period 2001 to 2018 from GFN, World Bank, and OECD data sources. The study applied ARDL cointegration to test the hypothesized relationships among modeled variables. The bounds test confirms the significant association among modeled variables in the long run. The results of ARDL show the negative impact of ICTs on the carbon footprint for the economies of Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, while exhibiting a positive impact of ICTs on the carbon footprint of Nepal. Similarly, the results of ARDL depict the positive impact of economic growth on the carbon footprint of Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal, while the negative impact of economic growth on the carbon footprint is being reported for the Sri Lankan economy. Likewise, the results of ARDL show the negative impact of renewable energy production on the carbon footprint of Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lankan economies. Lastly, the results of ARDL show the negative impact of environmental technologies on the carbon footprint of Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, and Nepal. This study provides significant policy implications such as the promotion of eco-friendly technologies along with an efficient source of energy to improve the environmental quality of the South Asian economies.

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Role of ICTs In Environmental Degradation: A Cross-Country Analysis

Saleem

Ahmed

2023

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Reconsidering the Impact of the Environment on Long-run Growth when Pollution Influences Health and Agents have a Finite-lifetime

Pautrel

2007

Environ Resource Econ

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SummaryUsing an overlapping generation model à la Blanchard (1985) with human capital accumulation, this article demonstrates that the influence of environment on optimal growth in the long-run may be explained by the detrimental effect of pollution on life expectancy. It also shows that, in such a case, greener preferences are growth-and welfare-improving even if the ability of the agents to learn is independent to pollution and utility is additively separable. Finally, it establishes that it is possible to implement a win-win environmental policy.

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