Asymmetric effects of Eco-innovation and Human Capital development in realizing Environmental Sustainability in China: Evidence from Quantile ARDL framework

Jin, Cheng and Razzaq, Asif and Saleem, Faiza and Sinha, Avik (2021): Asymmetric effects of Eco-innovation and Human Capital development in realizing Environmental Sustainability in China: Evidence from Quantile ARDL framework. Published in: Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja (2021)

Abstract

The present study investigates the dynamic and asymmetric impacts of eco-innovation and human capital development on ambient pollution by validating the Environment Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis in China from 1988Q1 to 2018Q4. The findings confirm non-normality and structural breaks in data. Thus, Quantile Autoregressive Distributive Lag (QARDL) model and Granger Causality-in-Quantiles are applied to address non-linearity and structural breaks. The long-run results exhibit that eco-innovation and human capital have a significant negative relationship with carbon emissions, mainly from lower (0.05) to medium (0.5) quantiles and medium (0.50) to higher (0.95) emissions quantile. Moreover, economic growth contributes to higher emissions across all quantiles. In contrast, the square of economic growth has a significant negative association with emissions, confirming the validity of EKC from medium (0.40) to higher (0.95) quantiles. Lastly, Granger causality confirms a two-way causality between eco-innovation, human capital, and carbon emissions, and a one-way causality from human capital, economic growth to carbon emissions. These findings offer valuable policy recommendations.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Eco-innovation; Human capital; Environmental sustainability; Carbon emissions; Quantile ARDL
• Subjects: Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q5 - Environmental Economics

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