The Interplay Between Economic Diversification, Foreign Direct Investment, and Climate Change in Saudi Arabia
This study examines the short-run and long-run repercussions of export diversification and foreign direct investment on climate change and greenhouse gas emissions in Saudi Arabia. In addition, the specification includes gross domestic product, total energy use, and urbanization as control variables...
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| description | This study examines the short-run and long-run repercussions of export diversification and foreign direct investment on climate change and greenhouse gas emissions in Saudi Arabia. In addition, the specification includes gross domestic product, total energy use, and urbanization as control variables. The outcomes of the study are as follows. First, the ARDL model provides empirical evidence supporting long-run cointegrating relationships among the variables. Second, export diversification, gross domestic product, and urbanization increase greenhouse gas emissions in the short-run and long-run. Nevertheless, the long-run adverse consequences of these variables tend to be greater than their short-run effects. Third, foreign direct investment inflows reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance short- and long-run environmental conditions. Finally, energy use has no significant impact on environmental conditions. These conclusions are robust against many empirical issues, including autocorrelation, heteroskedasticity, misspecification, and normality. The cumulative sum of recursive residuals and cumulative sum of recursive residuals of squares plots confirm the stability of long-run parameters and the validity of the ARDL estimations. The findings offer significant perspectives on measures that should be taken to preserve the environment. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c1c6d4a36a2147baa4832669a72db6172025-02-02T15:47:54ZengSciendoCivil and Environmental Engineering2199-65122024-12-012021174118510.2478/cee-2024-0086The Interplay Between Economic Diversification, Foreign Direct Investment, and Climate Change in Saudi ArabiaLouail Bilal0Riache Siham1Alanazi Yazeed Mohammed2Department of Finance and Insurance, College of Business Administration, Northern Border University, Arar, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Finance and Insurance, College of Business Administration, Northern Border University, Arar, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Finance and Insurance, College of Business Administration, Northern Border University, Arar, Saudi ArabiaThis study examines the short-run and long-run repercussions of export diversification and foreign direct investment on climate change and greenhouse gas emissions in Saudi Arabia. In addition, the specification includes gross domestic product, total energy use, and urbanization as control variables. The outcomes of the study are as follows. First, the ARDL model provides empirical evidence supporting long-run cointegrating relationships among the variables. Second, export diversification, gross domestic product, and urbanization increase greenhouse gas emissions in the short-run and long-run. Nevertheless, the long-run adverse consequences of these variables tend to be greater than their short-run effects. Third, foreign direct investment inflows reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance short- and long-run environmental conditions. Finally, energy use has no significant impact on environmental conditions. These conclusions are robust against many empirical issues, including autocorrelation, heteroskedasticity, misspecification, and normality. The cumulative sum of recursive residuals and cumulative sum of recursive residuals of squares plots confirm the stability of long-run parameters and the validity of the ARDL estimations. The findings offer significant perspectives on measures that should be taken to preserve the environment.https://doi.org/10.2478/cee-2024-0086climate changeghg emissionseconomic diversificationforeign direct investmentsaudi arabiaardl. |
| spellingShingle | Louail Bilal Riache Siham Alanazi Yazeed Mohammed The Interplay Between Economic Diversification, Foreign Direct Investment, and Climate Change in Saudi Arabia Civil and Environmental Engineering climate change ghg emissions economic diversification foreign direct investment saudi arabia ardl. |
| title | The Interplay Between Economic Diversification, Foreign Direct Investment, and Climate Change in Saudi Arabia |
| title_full | The Interplay Between Economic Diversification, Foreign Direct Investment, and Climate Change in Saudi Arabia |
| title_fullStr | The Interplay Between Economic Diversification, Foreign Direct Investment, and Climate Change in Saudi Arabia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Interplay Between Economic Diversification, Foreign Direct Investment, and Climate Change in Saudi Arabia |
| title_short | The Interplay Between Economic Diversification, Foreign Direct Investment, and Climate Change in Saudi Arabia |
| title_sort | interplay between economic diversification foreign direct investment and climate change in saudi arabia |
| topic | climate change ghg emissions economic diversification foreign direct investment saudi arabia ardl. |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/cee-2024-0086 |
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