Abstract
With rising global production and population, the globalized globe has also seen severe environmental damage. This is why renewable energy sources are important for the planet’s future and human progress. In order to fight climate change and decrease emissions, promoting energy efficiency is one of the most valuable strategies. Trade patterns across borders, however, have significantly evolved. This analysis provides new evidence regarding the influence of technological progress, and more specifically, industrial innovation, on the OECD countries’ international competitiveness. This article aims to analyse the effects of international commerce, FDI, and human capital on the development of renewable energy sources, energy efficiency measures, and cutting-edge technologies. In this analysis, we look at how different variables, including GDP per capita, trade, FDI, human capital, and urbanization, affect one another. To conduct the analysis, researchers used a pool of annual time series data from 2000 to 2019 for OECD economies. The long-term relationship between the variables is estimated using the AMG estimation, Cup-FM, and Cup-BC test. AMG estimation, Cup-FM estimation, and Cup-BC estimation were all used, providing valid results for the investigation. Research shows that energy efficiency, renewable energy, and technological innovation are negatively affected by FDI and urbanization but positively affected by GDP per capita, trade, and human capital. There is no statistically significant effect of human capital on the dependent variables. The estimated results also provide important policy consequences for the chosen and the other emerging economies in creating an adequate route ahead to sustainable development.
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Yang, C., Song, X. RETRACTED ARTICLE: Assessing the determinants of renewable energy and energy efficiency on technological innovation: Role of human capital development and investement. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 39055–39075 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-24907-4
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