Revisiting the role of tourism and globalization in environmental degradation in China: Fresh insights from the quantile ARDL approach

JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

卷:272

Article

Sharif, Arshian¹  Godil, Danish Iqbal²  Xu, Bingjie^3,4  Sinha, Avik⁵  Khan, Syed Abdul Rehman⁶  Jermsittiparsert, Kittisak^7,8 

[1] Univ Utara Malaysia, Eman Inst Management & Sci, Othman Yeop Abdullah Grad Sch Business, Dept Business Adm, Karachi, Pakistan

[2] Bahria Univ, Karachi Campus, Karachi, Pakistan

[3] Shenzhen Univ, Coll Econ, Ctr Special Econ Zone Res, Shenzhen 518060, Guangdong, Peoples R China

[4] Rutgers State Univ, Dept Agr Food & Resource Econ, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 USA

[5] Goa Inst Management, Ctr Sustainable Dev, Sattari, India

[6] Tsinghua Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Beijing, Peoples R China

[7] Ton Duc Thang Univ, Dept Management Sci & Technol Dev, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

[8] Ton Duc Thang Univ, Fac Social Sci & Humanities, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

关键词: Tourism;    Globalization;    EKC;    China;    QARDL;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122906

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Ascertaining sustainable development is a major issue across the globe, and the economic growth pattern achieved is a predominant reason behind this. The globalization-led economic growth achieved by the emerging economies might not be ecologically sustainable, as globalization might not have been utilized as a policy tool. Moreover, a sound policy calls for considering the entire data spectrum for the analysis, which is largely ignored in the literature. This research contributes to the literature by proffering a policy framework for the emerging economies by analyzing the impact of globalization and tourism on environmental degradation, by considering the Chinese context as a sample. Following the quantile autoregressive distributed lag model, the impact of economic growth, globalization, and tourism on greenhouse gas emissions, carbon dioxide emissions, and the ecological footprint in China over 1978Q1-2017Q4 are analyzed. The results demonstrate that economic growth stimulates environmental degradation, while the presence of Environmental Kuznets Curve is also validated. Moreover, tourism has been found to exert positive environmental externalities, while globalization exerts negative environmental externalities. Based on the outcomes of the research, a comprehensive policy framework has been suggested, following which the Chinese economy might be able to attain the objectives of Sustainable Development Goals 7, 8, and 13. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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