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Environmental sustainability amidst financial inclusion in five fragile economies: Evidence from lens of environmental Kuznets curve
Barut, Abdulkadir; Kaya, Emine; Bekun, Festus Victor; Cengiz, Sevgi (PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND, 2023)Economic growth comes with it environmental trade-off on environmental sustainability. This occurrence is evidence on a global scale as it stems from human anthropogenic activities driven by the consumption of energy ... -
Environmental sustainability and ecological balance dilemma: accounting for the role of institutional quality
Agboola, Phillips O.; Bekun, Festus Victor; Agozie, Divine Q.; Gyamfi, Bright Akwasi (SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, TIERGARTENSTRASSE 17, D-69121 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY, 2022)Global warming is a global menace mainly driven by human anthropogenic activities. There is a need for environmental sustainability amidst increased economic growth. To this end, this study draws motivation from the United ... -
Estimating the energy consumption function: evidence from across the globe
Azam, Muhammad; Gohar, Ali; Bekun, Festus Victor (SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, TIERGARTENSTRASSE 17, D-69121 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY, 2022)The motivation for the current study stem from the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs) such as access to clean (SDG-7) and responsible energy consumption (SDG-12) and climate change mitigation (SDG-12). ... -
Examining the Interaction Effect of Control of Corruption and Income Level on Environmental Quality in Africa
Usman, Ojonugwa; Iorember, Paul Terhemba; Öztürk, İlhan; Bekun, Festus Victor (MDPI, ST ALBAN-ANLAGE 66, CH-4052 BASEL, SWITZERLAND, 2022)The effects of corruption and income on environmental degradation is well established in the literature. However, little attention has been given to how the control of corruption affects the environmental quality at ... -
Exploration on terrorism, ecological footprint and environmental sustainability in countries with the most terrorism antecedent: Accessing evidence from panel fourier analysis
Kılıç, Cüneyt; Soyyiğit, Semanur; Bayar, Yılmaz; Bekun, Festus Victor (ELSEVIER SCI LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND, 2024)Amidst increased concerns for global security and ecological balance, the intricate interconnectedness between terrorism and environmental sustainability has attracted significant attention in the existing literature. To ... -
Exploring the potential of the carbon credit program for hedging energy prices in Brazil
Rafael, Baptista Palazzi; Quintino, Derick David; Ferreira, Paulo Jorge Silveira; Bekun, Festus Victor (SPRINGER HEIDELBERGTIERGARTENSTRASSE 17, D-69121 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY, 2024)The transition to a low-carbon economy is imperative to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and mitigate pollution emissions. This preposition also aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs-13), which ... -
Explosivity and Time-Varying Granger Causality: Evidence from the Bubble Contagion Effect of COVID-19-Induced Uncertainty on Manufacturing Job Postings in the United States
Bekun, Festus Victor; Alhassan, Abdulkareem; Öztürk, İlhan; Gimba, Obadiah Jonathan (MDPI, ST ALBAN-ANLAGE 66, CH-4052 BASEL, SWITZERLAND, 2022)This study evaluates the explosive behavior and Granger causality episodes in manufacturing job postings in the United States (JOBPUS) and COVID-19-induced uncertainty (COVIDEMV). This study applied the novel unit root ... -
The export-led growth in Malaysia: Does economic policy uncertainty and geopolitical risks matter?
Adedoyin, Festus Fatai; Afolabi, Joseph Olarewaju; Yalçiner, Kürşat; Bekun, Festus Victor (WILEY, 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ, 2022)In spite of the fact that the connection between exports of goods and services and economic growth has for quite some time been talked about, the examination of the relationship in light of recent global events such as ... -
External Financing for Inclusive Growth in Lower - Middle Income West African Countries: Foreign Direct Investment versus Official Development Assistance
Ibikunle, Joseph Afolabi; Uzoechina, Benedict I.; Olasehinde-Williams, Godwin; Bekun, Festus Victor (ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2-4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXON, ENGLAND, 2023)Most developing countries are plagued with harsh economic realities, which motivate them to seek sustainable economic growth and development in line with goal eight of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. ... -
Flexible Time-Varying Betas in a Novel Mixture Innovation Factor Model with Latent Threshold
Balcılar, Mehmet; Demirer, Rıza; Bekun, Festus Victor (MDPI, ST ALBAN-ANLAGE 66, CH-4052 BASEL, SWITZERLAND, 2021)This paper introduces a new methodology to estimate time-varying alphas and betas in conditional factor models, which allows substantial flexibility in a time-varying framework. To circumvent problems associated with the ... -
Fresh insights into tourism-led economic growth nexus: a systematic literature network analysis approach
Eluwole, Kayode Kolawole; Bekun, Festus Victor; Lasisi, Taiwo Temitope (ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2-4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXON, ENGLAND, 2022)Using over 200 empirical studies curated from web of science (WoS) and Scopus databases, the current study employed systematic literature network (i.e. systematic review and bibliometric) analysis to document the evolution ... -
Fresh Validation of the Low Carbon Development Hypothesis under the EKC Scheme in Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain
Balsalobre-Lorente, Daniel; Leitao, Nuno Carlos; Bekun, Festus Victor (MDPI, ST ALBAN-ANLAGE 66, CH-4052 BASEL, SWITZERLAND, 2021)The present study is in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs) that address pertinent global issues. This study focuses on the need for access to clean and affordable energy consumption, ... -
Generation of energy and environmental-economic growth consequences: Is there any difference across transition economies?
Adedoyin, Festus Fatai; Abubakar, Isah Funtua; Bekun, Festus Victor; Sarkodie, Samuel Asumadu (ELSEVIER, RADARWEG 29, 1043 NX AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, 2020)One of the European Union’s (EU) membership conditions includes an ambitious energy policy objective such as energy security, environmental protection and diversification using renewables. However, the impact of the ... -
Gravitating towards emission reduction targets in the G7 and E7 economies: the financial development and sustainable energy perspectives
Gyamfi, Bright Akwasi; Agozie, Divine Q.; Bekun, Festus Victor; Onifade, Stephen Taiwo (TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC, 530 WALNUT STREET, STE 850, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106, 2024)Governments throughout the globe are confronted with climate change issues. In the wake of the climate change conference COP26—the Glasgow consensus, the criticality of attaining emission reduction targets to restrain global ... -
How do technological innovation and renewables shape environmental quality advancement in emerging economies: An exploration of the E7 bloc?
Onifade, Stephen Taiwo; Bekun, Festus Victor; Phillips, Agboola; Altuntaş, Mehmet (WILEY, 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ, 2022)Emissions from several emerging economies currently constitute the largest contributions to the global carbon emissions levels thereby triggering concerns on the prospects for achieving global environmental sustainability-related ... -
How does institutional quality moderates the impact of tourism on economic growth? Startling evidence from high earners and tourism-dependent economies
Adedoyin, Festus Fatai; Erum, Naila; Bekun, Festus Victor (SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 1 OLIVERS YARD, 55 CITY ROAD, LONDON EC1Y 1SP, ENGLAND, 2021)Over the years, policymakers in tourism-reliant economies have been saddled with the mandate to not only accelerate economic growth but also increase the living standards of domestic citizens. Tourism development has ... -
How does technological innovation affect the ecological footprint? Evidence from E-7 countries in the background of the SDGs
Dam, Mehmet Metin; Kaya, Funda; Bekun, Festus Victor (ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 125 London Wall, London EC2Y 5AS, ENGLAND, 2024)Although technological innovation plays a critical role in promoting sustainable development and environmental sustainability, there are few studies in the existing literature that address this relationship. This study ... -
Illicit financial outflows, informal sector size and domestic resource mobilization in selected African countries
Uzoechina, Benedict Ikemefuna; Ibikunle, Joseph Afolabi; Olasehinde-Williams, Godwin; Bekun, Festus Victor (EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD, HOWARD HOUSE, WAGON LANE, BINGLEY BD16 1WA, W YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND, 2021)Purpose –The growth of both the informal sector and illicit financial outflows necessitated this study, in order to investigate how countries in Africa respond to these realities in terms of mobilization of domestic ... -
The implications of renewable and non-renewable energy generating in Sub-Saharan Africa: The role of economic policy uncertainties
Adedoyin, Festus Fatai; Öztürk, İlhan; Agboola, Mary Oluwatoyin; Agboola, Phillips O.; Bekun, Festus Victor (ELSEVIER SCI LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND, 2021)Sub-Saharan Africa which is one of the main regions known for various sources of mineral and energy resources in the global market has experienced appreciable rates of economic expansion in the last 10 years. However, apart ... -
Investigating the nexus between hydroelectricity energy, renewable energy, nonrenewable energy consumption on output: evidence from E7 countries
Gyamfi, Bright Akwasi; Bein, Murad A.; Bekun, Festus Victor (SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, TIERGARTENSTRASSE 17, D-69121 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY, 2020)The transition of most economies especially heavily industrialized nations like China, Turkey, Russia, India, Indonesia, Brazil, and Mexico fondly known as E7 are fast emerging economies with its impact on economic growth ...