Sustainable green electricity, technological innovation, and ecological footprint: Does democratic accountability moderate the nexus?

Dai J., Ahmed Z., Sinha A., PATA U. K., Alvarado R.

Utilities Policy, vol.82, 2023 (SCI-Expanded, SSCI, Scopus) identifier

  • Nəşrin Növü: Article / Article
  • Cild: 82
  • Nəşr tarixi: 2023
  • Doi nömrəsi: 10.1016/j.jup.2023.101541
  • jurnalın adı: Utilities Policy
  • Jurnalın baxıldığı indekslər: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, EconLit, Environment Index, INSPEC, PAIS International, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Açar sözlər: Democracy, Environmental sustainability, Green electricity consumption
  • Açıq Arxiv Kolleksiyası: Məqalə
  • Adres: Yox

Qısa məlumat

Electricity generated through fossil fuels degrades the environment. Hence, the promotion of green electricity should be the foundation for sustainable development. In this context, the present work probes the impact of green electricity consumption (GEC), technological innovation (TEI), democracy (DEM), and economic growth (GR) on the ecological footprint (EF) and assesses the moderating effects of democracy on EF from 1995 to 2018 in six ASEAN nations. The empirical results show that renewable electricity, TEI, and DEM promote ecological quality. Interestingly, democracy not only alleviates the level of EF but also reinforces the favorable impacts of technological innovation on environmental quality.