The role of economic growth, information technologies, and globalization in achieving environmental quality: a novel framework for selected Asian countries

This study examines the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT), GDP growth, population, and globalization on the environmental quality of 31 Asian economies (i.e., categorized as lower middle-income, upper middle-income, and high-income groups Asian economies). This analysis empl...

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Published in:Environmental science and pollution research international 2023-03, Vol.30 (14), p.39907-39931
Main Authors: Saleem, Hummera, Khan, Muhammad Bilal, Mahdavian, Seyed Mohammadreza
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aquatic Pollution
Asia
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Carbon Dioxide - analysis
Climate change
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecological effects
Ecological footprint
Economic Development
Economic growth
Ecotoxicology
Environment
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental Health
Environmental Kuznets curve
Environmental quality
Environmental science
Footprint analysis
GDP
Globalization
Gross Domestic Product
Income
Information Technology
Internationality
Research Article
Robustness
Waste Water Technology
Water Management
Water Pollution Control
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Summary:This study examines the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT), GDP growth, population, and globalization on the environmental quality of 31 Asian economies (i.e., categorized as lower middle-income, upper middle-income, and high-income groups Asian economies). This analysis employed the time series data from 1990 to 2018. The robust second-generation econometric technologies are used in this analysis. This study applied the Environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) premises under the extended “STIRPAT model” to add population and GDP (per capita) and information technologies (ICTs) by employing ecological footprint. To estimate, the estimators of this study used the CS-ARDL estimates, and for robustness check, this study used the augmented mean group (AMG) test. The co-integration test found the long-run association between ecological footprint and its main determinants. The results of CS-ARDL have confirmed the imperative role of information technologies in mitigating the ecological footprint in the higher, upper-middle, and lower-middle-income economies of Asian economies. The statistical findings of this study are robust to diagnostic tests and alternative estimation proxies and techniques. Moreover, policymakers need to identify the direction of the information technology–ecological footprint nexus through cooperation in combating climate change with financial assistance in the ICT sector.
ISSN:1614-7499
0944-1344
1614-7499
DOI:10.1007/s11356-022-24700-3