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. 2022 Jan;29(5):6871-6885.
doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-15881-4. Epub 2021 Aug 30.

Role of green innovation, trade and energy to promote green economic growth: a case of South Asian Nations

Farhan Ahmed  1 , Shazia Kousar  2 , Amber Pervaiz  3 , Juan E Trinidad-Segovia  4 , Maria Del Pilar Casado-Belmonte  4 , Wisal Ahmed  5
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Role of green innovation, trade and energy to promote green economic growth: a case of South Asian Nations

Farhan Ahmed et al. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2022 Jan.

Abstract

The objective of this study is to contribute to the existing debate of green economic growth by empirically investigating the role of cleaner energy production, green innovation, and green trade in green economic growth in the context of South Asian countries. For this purpose, the study collects the data of South Asian Economies for 2000-2018 from different sources such as world development indicators (WDI), International Energy Statistics (IES), and Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) statistics. The study applied Pesaran's (2007) second-generation unit root test to test the stationarity of the data. Wasteland's (2007) test of cointegration was applied to examine the long-run association among modeled variables. The study confirmed the long-run association among modeled variables that turn to be stationary at the first differences. Moreover, the study applied fully modified least square (FMOLS) and dynamic least square (DOLS) to estimate the empirical results of the study. Results of the study show that the production of clean energy, green innovation, and green trade positively contributes to the green economic growth of South Asian Economies Graphical abstract.

Keywords: Cleaner energy production; Green Innovation; Green economic growth; Green trade; South Asian Nations.

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The authors declare no competing interests.

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A country-wise pattern of carbon emissions and economic growth
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Average pattern of carbon emissions and economic growth of South Asian Region
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Anthropogenic GHG emission by South Asian Economies
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Graphical Justification of the study
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Methodological flowchart
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