Role of energy consumption and sustainability-oriented eco-innovation on economic growth: evidence from Middle Eastern economy

Autor: Yu-Te Tu, Chia-Yang Lin, Syed Ehsanullah, Nguyen Ho Viet Anh, Khoa Dang Duong, Pham Quang Huy
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Environmental science and pollution research international.
ISSN: 1614-7499
Popis: Economic growth is a global requirement that requires extensive energy consumption, and this phenomenon needs researchers' attention and regulators' focus. Thereby, the paper scrutinizes the determinants of energy consumption such as fossil fuel energy consumption (FFEC), energy use, nuclear energy consumption (NEC), energy import, and renewable energy consumption (REC) and sustainability-oriented eco-innovation and their effectiveness on the economic growth of Saudi Arabia. The study extracted data from the World Bank from 1989 to 2020. Stationarity was examined using augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) tests, and the associations among constructs were analyzed through QARDL model. The findings revealed that FFEC, EU, NEC, EI, REC, and sustainability-oriented eco-innovation are significantly correlated with the EG of Saudi Arabia. The study also provides insights to new researchers who will investigate this area in the future and guides regulators in developing regulations related to economic growth using an appropriate level of energy and adoption of sustainability-oriented eco-innovation.
Databáze: OpenAIRE