Politická ekonomie 2024, Volume 72(2), Special Issue: 203-227 | DOI: 10.18267/j.polek.1419

Sustainable Growth, Political Risk and Carbon Footprint: Do Energy Transition and Financial Expansion Matter?

Shuqing Yu ORCID..., Yi Zhou ORCID..., Qasim Raza Syed ORCID..., Dervis Kirikkaleli ORCID...
Shuqing Yu: Cheye (Hangzhou) Network Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou 311200, Zhejiang, China
Yi Zhou (corresponding author): Internal Audit Department, Bank of Jiangsu, Nanjing 210000, Jiangsu, China
Qasim Raza Syed: ILMA University, Karachi, Pakistan
Dervis Kirikkaleli: Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Department of Banking and Finance, European University of Lefke, Lefke, Turkey; Adnan Kassar School of Business, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon

Unclean energy consumption stimulates carbon footprint (CF) leading to increased environmental pollution. Renewable energy transition (ETN) can curb the CF; however, political risk can obstruct this process. Hence, this study analyses the connections between economic growth, ETN and CF by considering political risk and financial expansion in a panel of top 10 emitters from 1992 to 2020 using the method of moment quantile regressions (MM-QR). The results elucidate that ETN significantly reduces the CF in the top emitters. Thus, expanding the ETN is beneficial for reducing the CF and promoting sustainable development. Improving the political environment by reducing the political risk (POLR) helps curb the CF. The inverted U-shaped connection between CF and economic growth shows that increased growth can reduce CF if top emitters can continue to promote energy transition and political stability. The positive impact of financial expansion on CF becomes insignificant at higher quantiles. Finally, policy suggestions are discussed.

Keywords: Energy transition, sustainable development, political risk, carbon footprint, top emitters
JEL classification: O13, P18, Q01, Q56

Vloženo: 10. srpen 2023; Revidováno: 5. říjen 2023; Přijato: 23. říjen 2023; Zveřejněno online: 1. prosinec 2023; Zveřejněno: 1. květen 2024  Zobrazit citaci

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Yu, S., Zhou, Y., Syed, Q.R., & Kirikkaleli, D. (2024). Sustainable Growth, Political Risk and Carbon Footprint: Do Energy Transition and Financial Expansion Matter? Politická ekonomie, 72(Spec.issue), 203-227. doi: 10.18267/j.polek.1419
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