The dynamic links among energy consumption, tourism growth, and the ecological footprint: the role of environmental quality in 38 IEA countries

Khan, Irfan; Hou, Fujun

doi:10.1007/s11356-020-10861-6

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“…In a study by Nathaniel [50], the author argued that higher levels of energy consumption boost the EF figures of Indonesia, both in the short and long run. In another relevant study on 38 IEA (International Energy Agency) countries, Khan and Hou [51] found per capita energy consumption to be positively correlated to the EF levels. Similar findings were highlighted by Ahmed et al [52] for the Group of Seven (G7) countries.…”

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Renewable Energy Use and Ecological Footprints Mitigation: Evidence from Selected South Asian Economies

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Fossil fuel-dependency has induced a trade-off between economic growth and environmental degradation across the developing nations in particular. Against this backdrop, this study aims to evaluate the impacts of renewable energy use on the ecological footprints in the context of four South Asian fossil fuel-dependent nations: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The econometric analysis involves the use of recently developed methods that account for cross-sectional dependency, slope heterogeneity, and structural break issues in the data. The results reveal that renewable energy consumption reduces the ecological footprints while nonrenewable energy use boosts the ecological footprints. The results also confirm the validity of the environmental Kuznets curve and pollution haven hypotheses for the panel of the South Asian nations. Besides, foreign direct investment inflows are found to degrade the environment while higher institutional quality improves it. Furthermore, unidirectional causalities are run from overall energy use, economic growth, and institutional quality to ecological footprints. At the same time, bidirectional associations between foreign direct investment inflows and ecological footprints are also ascertained. The overall findings highlight the pertinence of reducing fossil fuel-dependency, enhancing economic growth, restricting dirty foreign direct investment inflows, and improving institutional quality to ensure environmental sustainability across South Asia.

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Renewable Energy Use and Ecological Footprints Mitigation: Evidence from Selected South Asian Economies

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“…On the other hand, Uddin, Salahuddin, Alam, and Gow (2017) researched the relationship between income and the EF without testing EKC in 27 countries. Ozturk, Al‐Mulali, and Saboori (2016) and Khan and Hou (2021) examine the impact of tourism activities on the EF. Baloch et al (2019) and Saud, Chen, and Haseeb (2020) analyse the impact of financial development on the EF in Belt and Road countries.…”

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The relationship between institutional quality and ecological footprint: Is there a connection?

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2021

Natural Resources Forum

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Although researchers have made significant efforts to explain the influence of institutions on environmental indicators such as CO2 emissions, the relationship between institutional quality and the ecological footprint has been neglected. The gap in the literature reveals an outstanding question: can institutions reduce their countryʼs ecological footprint? As a result, this study aims to investigate the effects of institutional quality and control variables on the ecological footprint for the period 1992–2015 in E‐7 countries through the AMG and CCEMG estimators. The findings show that institutional quality reduces the ecological footprint for the entire panel. Conversely, economic growth and energy consumption increase ecological pressure on E‐7 countries. In addition, the impact of institutional quality on the ecological footprint demonstrates heterogeneity at the country level. While institutions decrease the ecological footprint in China, India, Indonesia, and Russia, the study does not find such a relationship in other countries. Besides, energy consumption seems to be the most important factor in increasing ecological pressure in all countries. As drawn from the results, it can be said that improving institutional quality and increasing renewable resources in the energy portfolio are strategic actions in terms of improving environmental quality in E‐7 countries.

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“…They established the definition that, if an economy is able to provide a sustainable and timely supply of energy for its operations, and at the same time manage energy prices to ensure that development performance is not affected, that the energy system is secured. The ES is considered as an integral component of the modern world and a critical determinant of the sustainable growth of every economy (Khan and Hou 2021a , b ; Khan et al 2021b ). Energy consumption leads to an improvement of revenue, job creations, and is a driving factor for obtaining sustainable growth (Dogan and Aslan 2017 ; Khan and Hou 2021a , b ).…”

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“…The ES is considered as an integral component of the modern world and a critical determinant of the sustainable growth of every economy (Khan and Hou 2021a , b ; Khan et al 2021b ). Energy consumption leads to an improvement of revenue, job creations, and is a driving factor for obtaining sustainable growth (Dogan and Aslan 2017 ; Khan and Hou 2021a , b ). However, Khan and Hou ( 2021a , b ) and Khan et al ( 2021b ) argue that environmental degradation may be associated with a rise in energy consumption.…”

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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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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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The dynamic links among energy consumption, tourism growth, and the ecological footprint: the role of environmental quality in 38 IEA countries

Cited by 185 publications

References 87 publications

Renewable Energy Use and Ecological Footprints Mitigation: Evidence from Selected South Asian Economies

Renewable Energy Use and Ecological Footprints Mitigation: Evidence from Selected South Asian Economies

The relationship between institutional quality and ecological footprint: Is there a connection?

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

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