Mediating Effects of Foreign Direct Investment Inflows on Carbon Dioxide Emissions
In this research, the direct and indirect effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows on carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) emissions in India are examined, covering the period from 1980 to 2014. To quantify the indirect outcome of the existence of FDI on CO<sub>2</sub> e...
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| description | In this research, the direct and indirect effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows on carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) emissions in India are examined, covering the period from 1980 to 2014. To quantify the indirect outcome of the existence of FDI on CO<sub>2</sub> emissions, in this study, the three mediating channels of FDI are considered. The three broad mediating channels of FDI inflows are energy structure, industrial structure, and high-carbon technology, by which foreign direct investments affect India’s carbon dioxide emissions. In this study, the unit root test, the Johansen cointegration, the Granger causality technique, and the seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) are used for the empirical analysis. The findings discover a process of cointegration in the long-run and reveal unidirectional causation between FDI inflows and CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. The outcomes of the SUR estimation indicate that all the mediating factors substantially contribute to the level of CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. In this paper, the findings reveal that FDI inflows affect the level of India’s CO<sub>2</sub> emissions mainly via mediating factors compared to their direct effect. Finally, in this research, it is recommended that the concerned authorities should prioritize the redistribution of foreign direct investment from high carbon-intensive technologies to less carbon-intensive and cleaner technologies for India’s carbonless and sustainable future. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-137edf229a4748698e4fe525467395d72025-01-24T13:30:03ZengMDPI AGEconomies2227-70992025-01-011311810.3390/economies13010018Mediating Effects of Foreign Direct Investment Inflows on Carbon Dioxide EmissionsPrajukta Tripathy0Mohsen Brahmi1Baiju Pallayil2Bikash Ranjan Mishra3Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Institute of Technical Education and Research, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar 751030, IndiaDepartment of Economic Sciences, University of Sfax, Sfax 2134, TunisiaDepartment of Economics, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar School of Economics University, Bengaluru 560056, IndiaDepartment of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela 769008, IndiaIn this research, the direct and indirect effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows on carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) emissions in India are examined, covering the period from 1980 to 2014. To quantify the indirect outcome of the existence of FDI on CO<sub>2</sub> emissions, in this study, the three mediating channels of FDI are considered. The three broad mediating channels of FDI inflows are energy structure, industrial structure, and high-carbon technology, by which foreign direct investments affect India’s carbon dioxide emissions. In this study, the unit root test, the Johansen cointegration, the Granger causality technique, and the seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) are used for the empirical analysis. The findings discover a process of cointegration in the long-run and reveal unidirectional causation between FDI inflows and CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. The outcomes of the SUR estimation indicate that all the mediating factors substantially contribute to the level of CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. In this paper, the findings reveal that FDI inflows affect the level of India’s CO<sub>2</sub> emissions mainly via mediating factors compared to their direct effect. Finally, in this research, it is recommended that the concerned authorities should prioritize the redistribution of foreign direct investment from high carbon-intensive technologies to less carbon-intensive and cleaner technologies for India’s carbonless and sustainable future.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7099/13/1/18FDICO<sub>2</sub> emissionsmediating effectsSURIndian economy |
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| title | Mediating Effects of Foreign Direct Investment Inflows on Carbon Dioxide Emissions |
| title_full | Mediating Effects of Foreign Direct Investment Inflows on Carbon Dioxide Emissions |
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| title_short | Mediating Effects of Foreign Direct Investment Inflows on Carbon Dioxide Emissions |
| title_sort | mediating effects of foreign direct investment inflows on carbon dioxide emissions |
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