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COVID-19 vaccine-taking hesitancy among Bangladeshi people: knowledge, perceptions and attitude perspective
Hossain, Md. Emran; Rana, Md. Jaber; Islam, Md. Sayemul; Khan, Md. Akhtaruzzaman; Chakrobortty, Sudipto; Ema, Nishat Sultana; Bekun, Festus Victor (TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC, 530 WALNUT STREET, STE 850, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106, 2021)Several novel efforts have been put forth to make a readily available vaccine against the global pandemic of COVID-19. However, there seems to appear vaccine-taking hesitancy among the general people. Against this backdrop, ... -
The criticality of growth, urbanization, electricity and fossil fuel consumption to environment sustainability in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Agboola, Mary Oluwatoyin; Alola, Andrew Adewale; Bekun, Festus Victor (ELSEVIER, RADARWEG 29, 1043 NX AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, 2020)While most African economies are primarily sandwiched with the seemingly unsurmountable task of attaining consistent economic growth and unhindered energy supply, the enormous threat posed by environmental degradation has ... -
Criticality of sustainable research and development-led growth in EU: the role of renewable and non-renewable energy
Köse, Nezir; Bekun, Festus Victor; Alola, Andrew Adewale (SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, TIERGARTENSTRASSE 17, D-69121 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY, 2020)The path to sustainable economic growth and development has preoccupied most economies and the European Union (EU) member countries is no exception. Thus, the current study is aimed at revisiting the energy-induced growth ... -
Democracy and deforestation: The role of spillover effects
Cary, Michael; Bekun, Festus Victor (ELSEVIER, RADARWEG 29, 1043 NX AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, 2021)This paper is a replication and extension of Buitenzorgy and Mol (2011). We recreate the data and analyses from that paper on the impact of democracy on deforestation from 1990 through 2000 with great precision before extending ... -
Democracy and tourism demand in European countries: does environmental performance matter?
Usman, Ojonugwa; Bekun, Festus Victor; Ike, George Nwokike (SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, TIERGARTENSTRASSE 17, D-69121 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY, 2020)Recently, empirical studies revealed that democracy is positively associated with environmental quality through the freedom gained by the people to demand environmental protection. In this paper, we explore empirical ... -
Designing policy framework for sustainable development in Next-5 largest economies amidst energy consumption and key macroeconomic indicators
Bekun, Festus Victor; Adedoyin, Festus Fatai; Balsalobre-Lorente, Daniel; Driha, Oana M. (SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, TIERGARTENSTRASSE 17, D-69121 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY, 2022)Global travel and tourism have enjoyed a signifcant boost due to the progress in air transport. However, the debate on air transport and the infux of foreign investments and global energy demand on economic development ... -
Determinants of CO2 emissions in the BRICS economies: The role of partnerships investment in energy and economic complexity
Çağlar, Abdullah Emre; Zafar, Muhammad Wasif; Bekun, Festus Victor; Mert, Mehmet (ELSEVIER, RADARWEG 29, 1043 NX AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, 2022)The anthropogenic implications of energy consumption, real income level, and natural resources abundance have been well documented in the environmental economics literature. However, given the uniqueness of many economies ... -
Determinants of renewable energy consumption in agrarian Sub-Sahara African economies
Bekun, Festus Victor; Alola, Andrew Adewale (SPRINGERNATURE, CAMPUS, 4 CRINAN ST, LONDON N1 9XW, ENGLAND, 2022)The effect of ecological distortions and climate change issues have been at the forefront of the minds of policymakers and energy practitioners in recent decades. This concern is associated with the vision of the ... -
Discerning the role of renewable energy and energy efficiency in finding the path to cleaner consumption and production patterns: New insights from developing economies
Shahbaz, Muhammad; Nwani, Chinazaekpere; Bekun, Festus Victor; Gyamfi, Bright Akwasi; Agozie, Divine Q. (PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND, 2022)This study provides empirical evidence on the relationship between energy efficiency and production- andconsumption based carbon emissions by assessing the impact of population size, income, and clean energy on the carbon ... -
Do oil prices and exchange rates account for agricultural commodity market spillovers? Evidence from the Diebold and Yilmaz Index
Balcılar, Mehmet; Bekun, Festus Victor (AGRICULTURAL ECON ASSOC SOUTH AFRICA, DEPT AGRICULTURAL ECON, PRIVATE BAG X1, MATIELAND, 7602, SOUTH AFRICA, 2020)This paper examines the nature of interconnectedness between the returns of the price of oil and foreign exchange on selected agricultural commodity prices. To do this, the authors leverage the novel methodology of a ... -
Does agricultural development induce environmental pollution in E7? A myth or reality
Adedoyin, Festus Fatai; Bein, Murad A.; Gyamfi, Bright Akwasi; Bekun, Festus Victor (SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, TIERGARTENSTRASSE 17, D-69121 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY, 2021)Environmental degradation caused by various human activities has been a subject of attention over the globe. There is a concern on how to maintain a clean environment and at the same time achieve optimum production of ... -
Does electricity consumption and globalization increase pollutant emissions? Implications for environmental sustainability target for China
Saint Akadiri, Seyi; Alola, Andrew Adewale; Bekun, Festus Victor; Etokakpan, Mfonobong Udom (SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, TIERGARTENSTRASSE 17, D-69121 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY, 2020)Giving that People's Republic of China is one of the two new frontiers of globalization, the country has continued to contend with the bottleneck of sustaining its economic growth amidst environmental hiccups arising from ... -
Does fiscal policy spur environmental issues? New evidence from selected developed countries
Özmen, İbrahim; Özcan, Günay; Özcan, Ceyhun Can; Bekun, Festus Victor (SPRINGER, ONE NEW YORK PLAZA, SUITE 4600 , NEW YORK, NY 10004, UNITED STATES, 2022)In this study, we investigate the efects of fscal policies on the environment with annual frequency period from 1972 to 2017 data for countries such as Australia, Chile, Finland, the UK, and Sweden. This study leverages ... -
Does globalization in Turkey induce increased energy consumption: insights into its environmental pros and cons
Etokakpan, Mfonobong Udom; Adedoyin, Festus Fatai; Yorucu, Vedat; Bekun, Festus Victor (SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, TIERGARTENSTRASSE 17, D-69121 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY, 2020)Globalization is the paradigm shift to a more integrated world economy broadly shaping economies and societies around the globe. The wave of globalization is much more eminent on its impact on increased energy demand, ... -
Does life expectancy, death rate and public health expenditure matter in sustaining economic growth under COVID-19: Empirical evidence from Nigeria?
Alhassan, Gloria Nnadwa; Adedoyin, Festus Fatai; Bekun, Festus Victor; Agabo, Terhemen Justine (WILEY, 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ, 2021)The current health pandemic that has plagued the global of which the global southNigeria is not insulated from is the premise for this empirical investigation. The present study relies on recent annual time-series data to ... -
Does nuclear energy mitigate CO2 emissions in the USA? Testing IPAT and EKC hypotheses using dynamic ARDL simulations approach
Hassan, Abubakar; Haseeb, Mohammad; Bekun, Festus Victor; Yazdi, Asieh Haieri; Ullah, Ehsan; Hossain, Md. Emran (PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTDTHE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND, 2024)Growing concern over climate change mitigation has heightened the search for low-carbon, affordable, and nonintermittent energy alternatives. In this perspective, hydropower, thermal, solar, photovoltaic, and nuclear energy ... -
Does sustainable growth, energy consumption and environment challenges matter for Belt and Road Initiative feat? A novel empirical investigation
Rauf, Abdul; Liu, Xiaoxing; Amin, Waqas; Rehman, Obaid Ur; Li, Jinkai; Ahmad, Fayyaz; Bekun, Festus Victor (ELSEVIER SCI LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND, 2020)The concept of modernization and globalization urges a tendency of bilateral cooperation and strategical relationships among the nations. Recently, China has taken the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013 to articulate ... -
Does the twin growth catalyst of oil rent seeking and agriculture exhibit complementary or substitute role? New perspective from a West African country
Osundina, Olawumi Abeni; Bekun, Festus Victor; Kırıkkaleli, Derviş; Agboola, Mary Oluwatoyin (SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, TIERGARTENSTRASSE 17, D-69121 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY, 2019)Over the last 3 decades, oil rent seeking has emerged to be a key driver of most economies around the globe. Prior to the oil boom, agriculture remain main stay of most economies especially developing economies. This ... -
Dynamic Impact of Trade Policy, Economic Growth, Fertility Rate, Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy Consumption on Ecological Footprint in Europe
Alola, Andrew Adewale; Bekun, Festus Victor; Sarkodie, Samuel Asumadu (ELSEVIER, RADARWEG 29, 1043 NX AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, 2019)Climate change mitigation has become the central theme for many policy initiatives, as such, the European Union (EU) member countries are working assiduously to achieve the emission targets. To provide policy direction in ... -
Ecological risks and innovative‑investment projects
Yakov, Gelrud D.; Cui, Jianan; Bekun, Festus Victor (SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, TIERGARTENSTRASSE 17, D-69121 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY, 2023)Market competition is becoming fercer all around the world and countries pay considerable attention to their innovativeinvestment environment. Rapid global economic development and infnite resource extraction have damaged ...