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ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2022

The environmental impact of industrialization and foreign direct investment: empirical evidence from Asia-Pacific region.

Farhan Ahmed, Imtiaz Ali, Shazia Kousar, Saira Ahmed

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Article in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Farhan AhmedDepartment of Economics and Finance, Faculty of Management Sciences, Greenwich University, Karachi, Sindh, 75500, Pakistan.
Imtiaz AliDepartment of Economics and Finance, Faculty of Management Sciences, Greenwich University, Karachi, Sindh, 75500, Pakistan.
Shazia KousarDepartment of Economics, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. shaziabilal2002@gmail.com.
Saira AhmedDirectorate of Sustainability and Environment, Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Greenwich University · PKCapital University of Science and Technology · PK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Environmental degradation has been the main distress in recent years due to the drastic effect of climate change. To determine the gone thorough impact of industrialization and foreign direct investment on environmental degradation, this study utilized panel data of 55 countries of the Asia-Pacific region from 1995 to 2020 and it applies an autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model. The results showed that FDI, in general, has a significant negative impact on the environment and causes to increase in methane and CO2 emissions. Moreover, industrialization has a positive and significant impact on the environment. However, the size of the impact is moderate. This study also concludes that in the Asia-Pacific region, the environment Kuznets curve (EKC) and pollution heaven (PH) hypothesis are accepted. Finally, this study suggests the strict implication of environmental guidelines or the adoption of a new policy would be the key to ensuring the quality of the environment. Furthermore, the results confirmed that most of the panel countries are developing countries and do not have strict environmental management guidelines.

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Economic DevelopmentIndustrial DevelopmentAsiaCarbon DioxideEnvironmentEnvironmental PollutionInvestmentsCarbon DioxideEmissionsEnvironmentForeign direct investmentIndustrialization, Asia-Pacific region

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PMID34993824
PMCPMC8739025
OpenAlexW4205106261

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