Assessing the Impacts of Technological Innovation on Carbon Emissions in MENA Countries: Application of the Innovation Curve Theory
This study investigates the relationship between technological innovation, renewable energy, economic growth, and carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) emissions in a group of six specific Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries from 1990 to 2019. The study utilizes the modified innovati...
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| author | Nouf Alnafisah Eman Alsmari Amal Alshehri Jawaher Binsuwadan |
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| description | This study investigates the relationship between technological innovation, renewable energy, economic growth, and carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) emissions in a group of six specific Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries from 1990 to 2019. The study utilizes the modified innovation environmental Kuznets curve model (ICC) theory to examine the potential existence of an inverted U-shaped curve between innovation and environmental quality in these selected MENA countries. Various econometric methods are employed to analyse the data. The results show a positive and significant impact of patents for residents on CO<sub>2</sub> emissions, affirming the influence of patents on environmental quality. Additionally, the square of patents demonstrates a significant negative relationship with carbon emissions, providing evidence for the inverted U shape of Claudia’s theory. These findings imply that the ICC is relevant to the selected countries, with the quadratic patent variable suggesting that the use of innovative technology initially increases emissions but reaches a turning point after a certain threshold. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9ca661eb6d1f447191f26708586b09bf2024-02-23T15:15:24ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732024-02-0117490410.3390/en17040904Assessing the Impacts of Technological Innovation on Carbon Emissions in MENA Countries: Application of the Innovation Curve TheoryNouf Alnafisah0Eman Alsmari1Amal Alshehri2Jawaher Binsuwadan3Department of Economics, College of Business Administration, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Economics, College of Business Administration, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Economics, College of Business Administration, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Economics, College of Business Administration, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi ArabiaThis study investigates the relationship between technological innovation, renewable energy, economic growth, and carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) emissions in a group of six specific Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries from 1990 to 2019. The study utilizes the modified innovation environmental Kuznets curve model (ICC) theory to examine the potential existence of an inverted U-shaped curve between innovation and environmental quality in these selected MENA countries. Various econometric methods are employed to analyse the data. The results show a positive and significant impact of patents for residents on CO<sub>2</sub> emissions, affirming the influence of patents on environmental quality. Additionally, the square of patents demonstrates a significant negative relationship with carbon emissions, providing evidence for the inverted U shape of Claudia’s theory. These findings imply that the ICC is relevant to the selected countries, with the quadratic patent variable suggesting that the use of innovative technology initially increases emissions but reaches a turning point after a certain threshold.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/17/4/904innovation Claudia curve theory (ICC)CO<sub>2</sub> emissionrenewable energytechnological innovationMENA countriespanel data |
| spellingShingle | Nouf Alnafisah Eman Alsmari Amal Alshehri Jawaher Binsuwadan Assessing the Impacts of Technological Innovation on Carbon Emissions in MENA Countries: Application of the Innovation Curve Theory Energies innovation Claudia curve theory (ICC) CO<sub>2</sub> emission renewable energy technological innovation MENA countries panel data |
| title | Assessing the Impacts of Technological Innovation on Carbon Emissions in MENA Countries: Application of the Innovation Curve Theory |
| title_full | Assessing the Impacts of Technological Innovation on Carbon Emissions in MENA Countries: Application of the Innovation Curve Theory |
| title_fullStr | Assessing the Impacts of Technological Innovation on Carbon Emissions in MENA Countries: Application of the Innovation Curve Theory |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the Impacts of Technological Innovation on Carbon Emissions in MENA Countries: Application of the Innovation Curve Theory |
| title_short | Assessing the Impacts of Technological Innovation on Carbon Emissions in MENA Countries: Application of the Innovation Curve Theory |
| title_sort | assessing the impacts of technological innovation on carbon emissions in mena countries application of the innovation curve theory |
| topic | innovation Claudia curve theory (ICC) CO<sub>2</sub> emission renewable energy technological innovation MENA countries panel data |
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