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Economic research - Ekonomska istraživanja, Vol. 32 No. 1, 2019.

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https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2019.1642783

Does the inflow of remittances cause environmental degradation? Empirical evidence from China

Manzoor Ahmad orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-1152-2096 ; School of Economics, Department of Industrial Economics, Nanjing University, China; Department of Economics, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Pakistan
Zahoor Ul Haq orcid id orcid.org/0000-0001-6813-6746 ; Pakhtunkhwa Economic Policy Research Institute (PEPRI), Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Pakistan
Zeeshan Khan ; School of Economics & Management, Tsinghua University, China
Shoukat Iqbal Khattak orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-1348-4169 ; School of Business Administration, Jimei University, China
Zia Ur Rahman orcid id orcid.org/0000-0001-5203-3881 ; Research School for Southeast Asian Studies, Xiamen University, China
Shehzad Khan orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-5571-8883 ; Institute of Business Studies & Leadership (IBL), Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Pakistan

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Remittances inflow plays a significant role in promoting the economic welfare of a country; it has a multidimensional effect on the economy and links with the carbon emissions. This study examines the possible asymmetric transmissions from remittances to carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in China using time series data from 1980 to 2014. The Non-linear NARDL method is employed to check the longrun asymmetric relationship between remittances inflow and carbon emissions. The findings show that a positive shock in remittances causes an increase in CO2 emissions, while a negative shock in remittances causes a decrease in CO2 emissions. The results support the existence of an asymmetric cointegrating relationship between remittances and CO2 emissions in both short run and the long run. The NARDL dynamic multiplier graph assumes that positive remittances shocks are highe compared to the negative remittances shocks. It suggests that policymakers in China should consider remittances as a policy instrument especially designing strategies and policies related to sustainable environmental quality in the long run.

Ključne riječi

CO2 emissions; remittances; NARDL modeling dynamic multiplier; positive shocks; negative shocks

Hrčak ID:

228907

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https://hrcak.srce.hr/228907

Datum izdavanja:

22.1.2019.

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