1st Edition

Economic Growth and Environmental Quality in a Post-Pandemic World New Directions in the Econometrics of the Environmental Kuznets Curve

336 Pages 28 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

336 Pages 28 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

336 Pages 28 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

In response to the damage caused by a growth-led global economy, researchers across the world started investigating the association between environmental pollution and its possible determinants using different models and techniques. Most famously, the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesizes an inverted U-shaped association between environmental quality and gross domestic product (GDP). This book... Read more

1 Examination of the Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis with Quadratic and Cubic Functional Models: An Econometric Analysis of European Countries

MUHAMMAD SHAHBAZ, KENAN İLARSLAN, AND MUNEVVERE YILDIZ

2 The Effect of Trade, Renewable Energy, and Economic Growth on CO2 Emissions in Central and Eastern Europe

NUNO CARLOS LEITAO, DANIEL BALSALOBRE-LORENTE, AND MUHAMMAD SHAHBAZ

3 Air Pollution and COVID-19 Nexus: Insights from Wavelet Approach for Selected Groups of Countries

MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM SHAH, AVIK SINHA, ARSHIAN SHARIF, AND SOLOMON PRINCE NATHANIEL

4 The Impact of Economic Growth, International Trade, and Carbon Dioxide Emissions on Portuguese Energy Consumption

NUNO CARLOS LEITAO, CLARA CONTENTE DOS SANTOS PARENTE, AND DANIEL BALSALOBRE-LORENTE

5 Renewable Energy, Carbon Emissions, and Economic Growth: The Comparison between EKC and RKC

CONGYU ZHAO, XIUCHENG DONG, AND KANGYIN DONG

6 COVID-19 and Energy Transition: A Review

DANIEL BALSALOBRE-LORENTE, WALTER FERRARESE, ISMAEL GALVEZ-INIESTA, MONICA A. GIOVANNIELLO, AND ELPINIKI BAKAOUKA

7 EKC Modelling in a Post-pandemic Era: A Policy Note on Socio-ecological Trade-offs

AVIK SINHA AND NICOLAS SCHNEIDER

8 Sustainable Development through Carbon Neutrality: A Policy Insight from Foreign Direct Investment and Service Policy

EDMUND NTOM UDEMBA

9 Reset the Industry Redux through Corporate Social Responsibility: The COVID-19 Tourism Impact on Hospitality Firms through Business Model Innovation

JAFFAR ABBAS, KHALID AL-SULAITI, DANIEL BALSALOBRE LORENTE, SYED ALE RAZA SHAH, AND UMER SHAHZAD

10 Addressing the Nexus between Economic Growth and Environmental Pollution in a Small Petroleum-Exporting Transition Economy

ELKHAN RICHARD SADIK-ZADA, ANDREA GATTO, AND MUBARIZ MAMMADLI

11 Revising the Environmental Kuznets Curve in the Post-COVID-19 Era from an SDGs Perspective

MUHAMMAD AZAM, AHMED IMRAN HUNJRA, MAHNOOR HANIF, AND QASIM ZUREIGAT

12 Revisiting the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC): An Analysis Using the Sectoral Output and Ecological Footprint in India

MUHAMMED ASHIQ VILLANTHENKODATH

13 The Contribution of Transport Modes to Carbon Emissions in Turkey

MUHAMMAD SHAHBAZ, TUĞRUL BAYAT, AND MEHMET TANYAŞ

14 The Roles of Education and Export Diversification in the Improvement of Environmental Quality: A Comparison between China and India

MUHAMMAD SHAHBAZ, MANTU KUMAR MAHALIK, SHUJAAT MUBARAK, AND SHAWKAT HAMMOUDEH

15 Are Economic Advancements Catalysts for Carbon Emissions? Depicting the Indian Experience

NIKUNJ PATEL, YASWANTH KAREDLA, ROHIT MISHRA, AND PRADEEP KAUTISH

Biography

Muhammad Shahbaz, School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, China.

Daniel Balsalobre Lorente, Department of Political Economy and Public Finance, Economic and Business Statistics and Economic Policy, University of Castilla La Mancha, Spain.

Rajesh Sharma, SCMS, Nagpur, and Constituent of Symbiosis International University, Pune, India.