Investigation into the social behavioural effects on a country's ecological footprint: Evidence from Central Europe

Zakari, Abdulrasheed; Toplak, Jurij

doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2021.120891

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“…Therefore, the null hypothesis is rejected for the five covariates in all groups of countries. This fact implies that the series are stationary in first differences and, therefore, are integrated in order one, I [1]. Several recent investigations in the environmental economics literature have employed this unit root test [18,19,[66][67][68].…”

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“…However, environmental sustainability requires a more thorough and meticulous analysis of all dimensions of environmental degradation. Various empirical studies have noted the importance of using a more holistic and comprehensive indicator of the deterioration of nature and suggest using the ecological footprint (EF) as a measure of the destruction of nature [1][2][3]. According to data from the Global Footprint Network (2021), until 2008, the EF increased in most groups of countries.…”

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Effect of Agricultural Employment and Export Diversification Index on Environmental Pollution: Building the Agenda towards Sustainability

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Agricultural activities have a significant impact on environmental quality, because they generate waste that pollutes water and soil. In parallel, the supply of products has diversified in recent years to meet growing demand, exerting strong pressure on nature’s capacity for regeneration and absorption of waste. This research aims to examine the impact of agricultural employment and the export diversification index on ecological footprints, using advanced techniques of panel data econometrics. This relationship is moderated by population density and real per capita product. Cross-section dependence and slope homogeneity were included in the econometric models. The cointegration and causality analysis was reinforced by estimating the short- and long-term elasticities, using the AMG, CCE-MG, FMOLS, and DOLS models. Using annual data for 96 countries, we found a heterogeneous impact of agricultural employment and the export diversification index on ecological footprint, between the short and long term. The findings reveal that the increase of the product increases the pressure on the ecological footprint. The achievement of SDGs must include joint efforts between countries, and not in isolation. Those responsible for environmental policy should promote the idea that production must be friendly to the environment and promote the green growth of countries. The adoption of new technology, higher productivity agricultural employment, and the regulation of exports of sustainable products can contribute to achieving environmental sustainability.

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“…Finally, the data source for culture measures is taken from Geert Hofstede's website 4 . This choice is made based on the indications provided in Zakari & Toplak, (2021) because they relevantly outlined the five features allowing the Hofstede's cultural framework to better capture and represent a country's culture. For the empirical analysis, the current study avails three features of cultural framework and ignore the two: Individualism Index and Long‐Term Orientation Index—on account of insufficient data (Attah‐Boakye et al, 2020; Chaudhry & Shafiullah, 2021).…”

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“…Mainly due to data availability constraint, key short-comings have been missing out in the recent literature. However, very recently, Zakari & Toplak, (2021) opened the door to a fruitful research direction by inspecting the cultural determinants of ecological footprints using panel data procedures.…”

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“…For instance, the Masculine communities tend towards more assertive, and objective oriented attitude, while Feminine societies are inclined for relationship-orientated and democratic. While, such behaviors determine their consumption pattern, and further affect resource consumption including the renewable energy sources (Zakari & Toplak, 2021). The above-mentioned arguments, urge the researchers to conduct a detailed investigation about the role of high technology, and cultural factors for greener energy adaption in selected countries.…”

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High‐tech industries, financial expansion, and low‐carbon energy deployment along the Belt and Road Initiative

Rafique

Schneider

Shahzad

2022

Sustainable Development

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While the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is thought to radically transform trade, financial and industrial patterns in Eurasia, questions remain on how to develop a secure supply of renewable energy without jeopardizing the booming energy demand of those regions. Due to the intrinsic nature of BRI projects, foreign direct investments (FDI) and high‐tech industries are yet known to be two key channels through which resources and renewable energy consumption are deployed along the Belt and Road. This article assesses the empirical interactions among those variables and renewable energy deployment for an illustrative sample of 76 Belt and Road economies. A set of potentially relevant economic and institutional factors (economic complexity, the stock of human capital (HC), and three cultural preferences indexes: power distance, uncertainty avoidance, and masculinity vs. diversity) are also incorporated within the multivariate setting. Based on series spanning the period 1996–2019, a complete econometric testing framework is developed, and comprises the simultaneous generalized method of moments and the method of moments quantile regression. Associated results confirm our initial intuition that medium and high‐tech industries trigger the diffusion of low‐carbon energies across sectors whereas FDI fail to do so. Finally, renewable energy deployment responds negatively to changes in HC. Along with a methodological note, some policy suggestions are supplied to incorporate those insights within future energy planning.

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The impact of environmental technology innovation and energy credit rebate on carbon emissions: A comparative analysis

Zakari

Khan

Alvarado

2023

J of Intl Development

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This study investigates the impact of environmental‐technological innovation and energy credit rebates on carbon reductions in Australia and its global comparison. We applied a system generalized method of moment (S‐GMM) on a dataset of 11 years (from 2008 to 2019) for Australia and 23 top green scheme economies. The main findings suggested that Australia's environmental innovation and energy credit rebates are associated with carbon reduction. Similarly, we found that environmental innovation is associated with carbon reduction in the 23 top green schemes economies, but energy credit rebate increases carbon emissions. This is due to the weak green financial system in the 23 top green schemes economies. We robust our findings, and the result confirmed a robust alternative model. These findings offer numerous essential policies for the government and stakeholders in the energy and environmental sectors. More specifically, it recommends more investment in environmental innovation and an overhaul of the green financial market.

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Investigation into the social behavioural effects on a country's ecological footprint: Evidence from Central Europe

Cited by 26 publications

References 27 publications

Effect of Agricultural Employment and Export Diversification Index on Environmental Pollution: Building the Agenda towards Sustainability

Effect of Agricultural Employment and Export Diversification Index on Environmental Pollution: Building the Agenda towards Sustainability

High‐tech industries, financial expansion, and low‐carbon energy deployment along the Belt and Road Initiative

The impact of environmental technology innovation and energy credit rebate on carbon emissions: A comparative analysis

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