Special Issue "The Role of Economic Activities, Governance, Energy, and Environmental Economy to Achieve Sustainable Economic Growth"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Suleman Sarwar
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Guest Editor
Finance and Economics Department, College of Business, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Interests: energy economics; environmental economics; sustainable economic Growth; energy finance; portfolio analysis
Dr. Rida Waheed
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Guest Editor
Finance and Economics Department, College of Business, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Interests: energy economics; environmental economics; sustainable economic growth
Dr. Lucía Morales
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Guest Editor
School of Accounting and Finance, College of Business, Technological University Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
Interests: international economics and finance; time series; economic and financial crises; energy economics; emerging economies; economic and financial contagion; asian studies, economic development and sustainability; environmental economics; portfolio management

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue of Sustainability aims to reflect on the current role that energy transition and environmental emergencies to attain sustainable economic growth, mainly through the nexus among energy, environment and economic growth. Without discarding this main objective, this Special Issue also aims to highlights the impacts of energy efficiency and environmental friendly policies not only on sustainable economic growth, but also to extend its consequences on social, health and sustainability issues. Lastly, as proved through number of empirical studies that industrialization, urbanization and nonrenewable energy are essential for economic growth, but at the cost of environmental degradation. However, this Special Issue gathers the new evidences to eliminate the environmental externalities through shift in energy mix, industrial waste treatment activities, urban relocations planning to achieve green environment goals, as well as to attain sustainable economic growth. Therefore, the Special Issue aims to invite the contributions which address the structure of indicators of sustainability, such as sustainable development goals (SDGs) related indicators, energy reforms, ecological footprint, sustainable welfare and quality of life. Additionally, the Special Issue focus on two critical issues covered by the papers are governance and management control issues in social and environmental perspectives; the role of organizations and universities to promote sustainable innovations will also be included.

Subsequently, the purpose of Special Issue is to capture further developments in the impact of economic growth and energy use on environmental degradation, considering as key variables the role that energy innovation, industrialization, urbanization, tourism or play on environmental degradation and social development, by utilizing new econometric techniques of database examination.

Dr. Suleman Sarwar
Dr. Rida Waheed
Dr. Lucía Morales
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • energy economics
  • environmental economics
  • sustainable development
  • economic growth
  • pollution hypothesis
  • industrialization
  • urbanization
  • governance

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Institutional Reforms and Their Impact on Economic Growth and Investment in Developing Countries
Sustainability 2021, 13(9), 4941; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13094941 - 28 Apr 2021
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It is widely accepted that the economic and social system may be more efficient by reforming institutions. Institutional reforms are attempts to change the rules affecting human interactions and these reforms are fundamental for development and economic prosperity. The reforms can be divided [...] Read more.
It is widely accepted that the economic and social system may be more efficient by reforming institutions. Institutional reforms are attempts to change the rules affecting human interactions and these reforms are fundamental for development and economic prosperity. The reforms can be divided into two categories; political and economic institutional reforms. It is need of the hour to determine the category of reform that is more suitable for developing countries. Moreover, a vast literature describes the impact of institutional reforms but little focused on exploring their impacts on macroeconomic activities. So, this study is an effort to determine the impact of institutional reforms on macroeconomic variables by considering the panel data of 122 developing countries covering the time span from 1996 to 2019. The study applied treatment analysis using the difference-in-differences technique to gauge the effects of reforms. Besides, it will be interesting to know the causes triggering the institutional reforms in developing countries. The findings of the study reveal that economic reforms are more important as compared with political reforms to grow the economies. The countries focusing on political reforms are not able to overcome the economic crisis. Moreover, both types of reforms do not cause each other in these countries. Full article
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Spatio-Temporal Differentiation Mode and Threshold Effect of Yangtze River Delta Urban Ecological Well-Being Performance Based on Network DEA
Sustainability 2021, 13(8), 4550; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13084550 - 20 Apr 2021
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Improving ecological well-being performance (EWP) is the essential requirement of green transformation development and ecological civilization construction. With the help of a network DEA model and threshold panel regression model, this study evaluated urban ecological well-being performance to explore the evolution process, impact, [...] Read more.
Improving ecological well-being performance (EWP) is the essential requirement of green transformation development and ecological civilization construction. With the help of a network DEA model and threshold panel regression model, this study evaluated urban ecological well-being performance to explore the evolution process, impact, and optimization path of urban ecological well-being performance in the Yangtze River Delta from 2001 to 2017. The findings are as follows: (1) The ecological well-being performance of all cities in the region had been steadily improving since 2001, most cities had realized the transformation from a low performance level to a higher performance level, and there was an obvious spatial mismatch between urban economic development level and ecological well-being performance. (2) A regional urban ecological well-being performance development mode was constantly optimized, sustainable urban development ability was improved, and the number of high-high (HH) mode cities was gradually increasing while the number of low-low (LL) mode cities was gradually decreasing. (3) Under the influence of threshold variables of population density, industrialization level, and environmental regulation, the impact of urbanization on ecological well-being performance had different threshold characteristics. Economic growth, industrialization, and government macro-control had significantly negative restraining effects, while consumption level, industrial structure upgrading, energy efficiency, and technological innovation had significantly positive driving effects. Full article
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