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ArticleEnvironment, development and sustainability2022

Does economic complexity matter for environmental sustainability? Using ecological footprint as an indicator.

Muhammad Zahid Rafique, Abdul Majeed Nadeem, Wanjun Xia, Majid Ikram, Hafiz Muhammad Shoaib, Umer Shahzad

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Article in Environment, development and sustainability, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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Muhammad Zahid RafiqueCentre for Economic Research, Shandong University, 27-Shanda Nanlu, Jinan Shandong, 250100 People's Republic of China.
Abdul Majeed NadeemDepartment of Economics, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Wanjun XiaSchool of Statistics and Applied Mathematics, Anhui University of Finance and Economics, Bengbu, 233030 People's Republic of China.
Majid IkramCentre for Economic Research, Shandong University, 27-Shanda Nanlu, Jinan Shandong, 250100 People's Republic of China.
Hafiz Muhammad ShoaibCentre for Economic Research, Shandong University, 27-Shanda Nanlu, Jinan Shandong, 250100 People's Republic of China.
Umer ShahzadSchool of Statistics and Applied Mathematics, Anhui University of Finance and Economics, Bengbu, 233030 People's Republic of China.

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Abstract

The current decade has witnessed the rise of empirical research in the domain of ecological footprint which has become a major scholarly area among environmental researchers. However, many key factors determining ecological footprint have been inadequately dealt within the existing body of knowledge. The current research aims to explore the association between economic complexity, human capital, renewable energy generation, urbanization, economic growth, export quality, trade and ecological footprint for the top ten economic complex countries. This study applied panel data estimators, for instance, fully modified ordinary least squares (FMOLS), dynamic ordinary least squares (DOLS) and the system-GMM long-run estimators from 1980 to 2017. The long-run estimates reveal that economic complexity, economic growth, export quality, trade and urbanization increase ecological footprint. Human capital and renewable energy generation help to mitigate ecological footprint. We conclude that investment in more renewable energy generation and its consumption and efficient use of human capital will improve economic complexity, export quality, and environment in developed and developing countries.

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Ecological footprintEconomic complexityEnvironmental sustainabilityExport qualityHuman capital

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PMID34230806
PMCPMC8249435

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