The critical role of green innovation technologies and democracy in the transition to sustainability: A study on leading emerging market economies

U Uzar - Technology in Society, 2024 - Elsevier
Recent studies emphasize the potential of green technologies and political factors as
catalysts for sustainability. Despite extensive examination of various factors' impacts on …

Can government-led urban expansion simultaneously alleviate pollution and carbon emissions? Staggered difference-in-differences evidence from Chinese firms

Q Hu, R Mijit, J Xu, S Miao - Economic Analysis and Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
The outward expansion of city centers is a typical feature of rapid urbanization in developing
countries, leading to complex environmental pollution effects due to evolving urban spatial …

Impacts of local public expenditure on CO2 emissions in Chinese cities: A spatial cluster decomposition analysis

S Cheng, Y Chen, F Meng, J Chen, G Liu… - Resources, Conservation …, 2021 - Elsevier
Differentiated policies are key to improving the CO 2 emissions reduction efficiency of cities,
which are vital in mitigating climate change. The K-means cluster method and spatial …

Can carbon trading policy and local public expenditures synergize to promote carbon emission reduction in the power industry?

LL Liu, TT Feng, JJ Kong - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2023 - Elsevier
The power industry is the largest carbon-emitting sector in China, accounting for about 40%
of the country's total carbon emissions. Studying the carbon emission reduction from the …

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

U Uzar - Natural Resources Forum, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Although researchers have made significant efforts to explain the influence of institutions on
environmental indicators such as CO2 emissions, the relationship between institutional …

The dynamic effect of income distribution, natural resources, and freedom of press on ecological footprint: Theory and empirical evidence for emerging economies

U Uzar - Resources Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
The global concern about environmental issues makes identifying the root causes of these
problems a priority and popular agenda. Although the impressions of many factors on the …

The nexus between access to energy, poverty reduction and PM2. 5 in Sub-Saharan Africa: new evidence from the generalized method of moments estimators

E Koçak, B Çelik - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Poverty reduction and environmental quality are the two main agendas of sustainable
development goals. However, recent research suggests that there may be a dilemma …

Impact of environmental tax on pollution control: A sustainable development perspective

Y Xu, S Wen, CQ Tao - Economic Analysis and Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
China's implementation of the Environmental Protection Tax Act in 2018 aimed to promote
sustainable development and reduce pollutant emissions yet its mechanism and impact of …

Environmental efficiency of electric power industry, market segmentation and technological innovation: Empirical evidence from China

X Sun, X Zhou, Z Chen, Y Yang - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Environmental efficiency of electric power industry (EEE) is crucial to sustainable
development. Among all the factors affecting the efficiency, there lacks enough knowledge of …

Testing the environmental Kuznets curve hypotheses in Chinese provinces: A nexus between regional government expenditures and environmental quality

A Zeraibi, D Balsalobre-Lorente… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
With rapid economic growth, the Chinese government expenditures at various levels have
increased adequately. At the same time, the environmental quality in China has deteriorated …