Do economic development and human capital decrease non-renewable energy consumption? Evidence for OECD countries

R Alvarado, Q Deng, B Tillaguango, P Méndez… - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The false hope that economic development would lead to a decrease in fossil sources'
energy consumption can be an obstacle to fighting global warming. Is it realistic to expect …

Fiscal decentralization as new determinant of renewable energy demand in China: The role of income inequality and urbanization

M Shahbaz, SKA Rizvi, K Dong, XV Vo - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper examines the nexus between fiscal decentralization and renewable energy
demand by including income inequality, economic growth, urbanization, and economic …

Regional competition, environmental decentralization, and target selection of local governments

G Li, F Guo, D Di - Science of The Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Promoting environmental management system reform in an orderly manner and
coordinating central and local environmental protection responsibilities are important for …

Stylized heterogeneous dynamic links among healthcare expenditures, land urbanization, and CO2 emissions across economic development levels

M Ahmad, A Rehman, SAA Shah, YA Solangi… - Science of the total …, 2021 - Elsevier
This research examines the heterogeneous dynamic links among healthcare expenditures,
land urbanization, and CO 2 emissions across the development levels of China. To this end …

Environmental sustainability in South Africa: Understanding the criticality of economic policy uncertainty, fiscal decentralization, and green innovation

MC Udeagha, E Muchapondwa - Sustainable Development, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
South Africa, like most developing nations, is confronted with choosing between the need to
advance their economy and the need to protect the environment. The United Nations …

Can fiscal decentralization be the route to the race to zero emissions in South Africa? Fresh policy insights from novel dynamic autoregressive distributed lag …

MC Udeagha, MC Breitenbach - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
There has been a plethora of debate on the link between fiscal decentralization and a drop
in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, even though the evidence supporting this assertion is …

Role of foreign direct investment and fiscal decentralization on urban haze pollution in China

F Wang, J He, Y Niu - Journal of environmental management, 2022 - Elsevier
Government management is the main tool to solve environmental pollution. Considering the
unique fiscal decentralization institution in China, this paper investigates the effect of foreign …

Does environmental decentralization exacerbate China's carbon emissions? Evidence based on dynamic threshold effect analysis

Q Ran, J Zhang, Y Hao - Science of The Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
As an institutional influential factor of environmental quality, environmental decentralization
may play an important role in carbon emission control. Given China's rapid economic …

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 …

Towards climate action and UN sustainable development goals in BRICS economies: do export diversification, fiscal decentralisation and environmental innovation …

MC Udeagha, N Ngepah - International Journal of Urban …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Several nations across the world place a high focus on achieving carbon reduction
objectives. Climate change is the most catastrophic result of human activity. Eco-innovation …