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Assessing Regional Economic Performance in Romania Through Panel ARDL and Panel Quantile Regression Models

  • Irina Georgescu,
  • Ionuț Nica,
  • Camelia Delcea,
  • Nora Chiriță and
  • Ștefan Ionescu

25 October 2024

This study aims to address the persistent regional economic disparities in Romania by evaluating economic performance through Panel Autoregressive Distributed Lag (pARDL) and panel quantile regression (PQR) models. The analysis focuses on the impact...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability in Business Development and Economic Growth)
  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
5,099 Views
15 Pages

1 August 2022

Based on the autoregressive distribution lag (ARDL) model, this paper conducts an empirical study on the relationship between carbon emissions, economic growth, urbanization, and foreign trade in China from 1971 to 2020. The results show that when ca...

(This article belongs to the Section Air, Climate Change and Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,652 Views
26 Pages

Generation of the First Human In Vitro Model for McArdle Disease Based on iPSC Technology

  • María del Carmen Ortuño-Costela,
  • Victoria Cerrada,
  • Ana Moreno-Izquierdo,
  • Inés García-Consuegra,
  • Camille Laberthonnière,
  • Mégane Delourme,
  • Rafael Garesse,
  • Joaquín Arenas,
  • Carla Fuster García and
  • María Esther Gallardo
  • + 3 authors

12 November 2022

McArdle disease is a rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in the PYGM gene. This gene encodes for the skeletal muscle isoform of glycogen phosphorylase (myophosphorylase), the first enzyme in glycogenolysis. Patients with this disord...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Frontiers on Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs))
  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,435 Views
18 Pages

Preclinical Research in McArdle Disease: A Review of Research Models and Therapeutic Strategies

  • Mónica Villarreal-Salazar,
  • Astrid Brull,
  • Gisela Nogales-Gadea,
  • Antoni L. Andreu,
  • Miguel A. Martín,
  • Joaquín Arenas,
  • Alfredo Santalla,
  • Alejandro Lucia,
  • John Vissing and
  • Tomàs Pinós
  • + 1 author

28 December 2021

McArdle disease is an autosomal recessive disorder of muscle glycogen metabolism caused by pathogenic mutations in the PYGM gene, which encodes the skeletal muscle-specific isoform of glycogen phosphorylase. Clinical symptoms are mainly characterized...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Genetic Research in Metabolic Diseases)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
857 Views
35 Pages

20 January 2026

This study analyses the dynamics of the energy transition within the SPRING-F group (Spain, Poland, Romania, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, France) through a hybrid approach that combines econometric panel ARDL models with machine learning algorith...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Holistic Approaches in Artificial Intelligence and Renewable Energy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,929 Views
16 Pages

McArdle disease is a rare autosomal recessive condition caused by mutations in the PYGM gene. This gene encodes the skeletal muscle isoform of glycogen phosphorylase or myophosphorylase. Patients with McArdle disease have an inability to obtain energ...

(This article belongs to the Section Gene and Cell Therapy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,999 Views
23 Pages

1 August 2025

Morocco is facing a situation of alarming water stress, aggravated by climate change, overexploitation of resources, and unequal distribution of water, placing the country among the most vulnerable to water scarcity in the MENA region. This study aim...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
6,557 Views
14 Pages

15 October 2020

We analyze the fiscal sustainability hypothesis for a panel of 20 European Union countries from 2000 to 2019. In particular, we employ new econometric methodologies that, to the best of our knowledge, are applied for the first time to the study of so...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Public Policies for Sustainability and Sustainable Public Policies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,070 Views
21 Pages

This study examines the relationship between governance quality and outbound tourism expenditure. Annual panel data for 54 countries over the period 1996–2023 are analyzed using symmetric and asymmetric panel ARDL models. The results highlight...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,142 Views
21 Pages

Surviving the Storms: How Climate Change Is Starving Malawi, Madagascar, Mozambique and Zimbabwe: An ARDL Modelling

  • Sydney Nkhoma,
  • Mwayi Mambosasa,
  • Victor Limbe,
  • Steven Dunga,
  • Joseph Mahuka and
  • Lughano Mwalughali

26 February 2026

This research examined the long-run effect of climate change on food security in Malawi, Madagascar, Mozambique and Zimbabwe using the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model. The study used nine variables for quantitative analysis using data for...

  • Article
  • Open Access
47 Citations
6,465 Views
21 Pages

The Impact of Fossil Fuels, Renewable Energy, and Nuclear Energy on South Korea’s Environment Based on the STIRPAT Model: ARDL, FMOLS, and CCR Approaches

  • Grzegorz Zimon,
  • Dulal Chandra Pattak,
  • Liton Chandra Voumik,
  • Salma Akter,
  • Funda Kaya,
  • Robert Walasek and
  • Konrad Kochański

25 August 2023

This study intends to shed light on the environmental impacts of energy decisions in South Korea by analyzing the correlation between energy consumption patterns and environmental indicators such as carbon dioxide emissions. In 2021, global CO2 emiss...

(This article belongs to the Section B: Energy and Environment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,338 Views
16 Pages

The Effects of Macroeconomic Factors on Road Traffic Safety: A Study Based on the ARDL-ECM Model

  • Xibing Li,
  • Jiao Liu,
  • Jian Zhou,
  • Xiling Liu,
  • Lei Zhou and
  • Wei Wei

9 December 2020

This paper attempts to examine whether socioeconomic volatility produces differentiated effects on road traffic accident indicators. Adopting the Autoregressive distributed lag error-correction model (ARDL-ECM), this paper explores the long-term equi...

(This article belongs to the Collection Accident Prevention and Risk Management for Safe and Sustainable Transportation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,856 Views
12 Pages

Quantifying the Effect of Non-Tariff Measures on Imports of Saudi Arabia Using a Panel ARDL Gravity Model

  • Imad Eldin Elfadil Yousif,
  • Jawad Alhashim,
  • Kamal Ali Bashir,
  • Mahdi Alsultan and
  • Emad S. Aljohani

17 June 2025

Saudi Arabia implements a wide range of non-tariff measures on imports and exports. Different research articles have quantified the effect of non-tariff measures on trade, but their effect on Saudi Arabia has not been quantified. The major objective...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,657 Views
20 Pages

Capital Formation and Oil Consumption Drive CO2 Emissions in Ecuador: Evidence from an ARDL Model in Log-First Differences

  • María Fernanda Guevara-Segarra,
  • María Gabriela Guevara-Segarra,
  • Ana Paula Quinde-Pineda and
  • Luis Fernando Guerrero-Vásquez

29 August 2025

This study investigates the impact of key economic variables on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in Ecuador within the broader context of sustainable development. Annual data from 1990 to 2022 are analyzed using an Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL)...

(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
650 Views
28 Pages

19 May 2026

Achieving sustainable development requires decoupling economic growth from environmental degradation. In this context, this study examines the effects of tourism arrivals on CO2 intensity and energy intensity, two key indicators of environmental sust...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
11,401 Views
20 Pages

This paper analyzes the impact of exchange rate volatility on economic growth under various exchange rate regimes. It empirically examines this issue in 14 emerging countries from 1990 to 2020. This study has three particularities: First, we use the...

(This article belongs to the Section Economics and Finance)
  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
10,695 Views
28 Pages

16 March 2021

Both technological innovation and foreign direct investment have received widespread attention in the literature on their role in promoting economic growth. Therefore, this study aims to test the relationship between foreign direct investment, techno...

(This article belongs to the Collection Technological Innovation and Economic Growth)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,051 Views
22 Pages

This study examines the determinants of food price inflation in Morocco using a comprehensive econometric framework based on an Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model. Relying on monthly data and controlling for major structural shocks, the anal...

(This article belongs to the Section Financial Markets)
  • Article
  • Open Access
821 Views
20 Pages

This study examines the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on unemployment in 90 developing countries over the period 2000 to 2024. Two assumptions of the FDI impact on unemployment are investigated: the positive externality effects, and the n...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Development Economics: New Perspectives, Evidence and Challenges)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,767 Views
18 Pages

27 May 2025

This paper explores the impact of trade openness and exchange rate volatility on South Africa’s industrial growth from 1980 to 2024 through a hybrid econometric framework combining Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) and Structural Vector Aut...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,653 Views
20 Pages

Given the context of the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting global logistics, coupled with the Russia–Ukraine war causing global energy price changes, examining both the linear and nonlinear associations between shipping cost and oil price is crucial...

(This article belongs to the Section Growth, and Natural Resources (Environment + Agriculture))
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
8,710 Views
19 Pages

23 August 2024

This study investigated the interplay between exchange rate volatility, inflation rates, and real interest rates on Zambia’s economic growth from 1992 to 2022, utilizing annualized time series data. The study was necessitated by the limited pub...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Exchange Rates: Drivers, Dynamics, Impacts, and Policies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
5,870 Views
26 Pages

This study investigates the symmetric and asymmetric linkages within environmental sustainability proxied by ecological footprint (EFP), natural resources (NRR), renewable energy consumption (REC), urbanization (URB), human capital (HC), and governme...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Ecosystem Quality and Stability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
21,163 Views
21 Pages

This paper studies the relevance of political stability on foreign direct investment (FDI) and the relevance of FDI on economic growth, in three panels. The first panel contains 11 very small economies; the second contains five well-developed and pol...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue FDI and Development: Emerging Issues)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,664 Views
13 Pages

2 February 2026

This study examines the determinants of U.S. CO2 emissions and provides evidence to inform more effective carbon-reduction policies. Using Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) and Nonlinear ARDL (NARDL) models, the analysis covers January 1997 to Fe...

(This article belongs to the Section Gas Emissions)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,671 Views
21 Pages

Assessing Forest Conservation for Finland: An ARDL-Based Evaluation

  • Irina Georgescu,
  • Jani Kinnunen and
  • Ionuț Nica

10 January 2024

Deforestation is a central topic in the ongoing environmental degradation stemming from global economic expansion and population growth. This study delved into the effects of electricity production from renewable sources, GDP per capita, and urbaniza...

(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,546 Views
19 Pages

A strong transportation infrastructure is critical in advancing ICT trade by facilitating the efficient movement of goods and services. This efficiency enhances supply chains and attracts greater foreign direct investment, ultimately supporting techn...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
7,178 Views
35 Pages

14 April 2023

In academic discussions about how to achieve sustainable growth in the world, it is stated that this is not possible without spending on research and development and innovative activities so that countries can maintain their competitiveness in the gl...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Energy Transition for Climate-Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Environments)
  • Article
  • Open Access
61 Citations
7,324 Views
17 Pages

2 November 2019

Based on a panel ARDL (AutoRegressive Distributed Lag) model, this paper investigates the environmental and economic consequences of energy tax levied in the four Nordic countries and the G7 countries from 1994 to 2016. Based on the double dividend t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Characteristics, Health Risk Assessment and Sustainable Management of Air Pollutants in Asia)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
666 Views
29 Pages

12 May 2026

This study examines the determinants of energy consumption in South Africa over the period 1980–2023 using a multivariate time-series framework. Unlike conventional studies that focus primarily on the energy–growth nexus, this analysis in...

(This article belongs to the Topic Energy Consumption Analysis and Characterization of Complex Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
6,607 Views
21 Pages

21 May 2022

This article aims to examine the dynamic relationships between foreign direct investment inflows, information and communication technologies, and economic growth in a sample of 15 Arab countries over the period 1995–2019 by employing a panel AR...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,847 Views
36 Pages

2 October 2023

The Circular Economy represents an essential strategy for a more sustainable future, both for the environment and for the economy and society. The main purpose of this article is to conduct a holistic analysis that highlights Romania’s perspect...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
1,732 Views
16 Pages

Gas in Transition: An ARDL Analysis of Economic and Fuel Drivers in the European Union

  • Olena Pavlova,
  • Kostiantyn Pavlov,
  • Oksana Liashenko,
  • Andrzej Jamróz and
  • Sławomir Kopeć

21 July 2025

This study investigates the short- and long-run drivers of natural gas consumption in the European Union using an ARDL bounds testing approach. The analysis incorporates GDP per capita, liquid fuel use, and solid fuel use as explanatory variables. Au...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Towards Sustainable Energy Development: Energy Efficiency and Economic Growth)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,447 Views
15 Pages

3 March 2025

This research studies the impact of a number of climate change features on the severity of traffic accidents in Jordan. This case study is based on monthly data collected from six meteorological stations. The relationship between climate and accident...

  • Article
  • Open Access
101 Citations
16,016 Views
17 Pages

The Impact of Tourism Quality on Economic Development and Environment: Evidence from Mediterranean Countries

  • Taizeng Ren,
  • Muhlis Can,
  • Sudharshan Reddy Paramati,
  • Jianchun Fang and
  • Wanshan Wu

17 April 2019

This paper is the first of its kind to measure the income level of a country’s tourist arrival and empirically examine its impact on economic growth and environmental pollution in a sample of eight Mediterranean countries. The paper undertakes...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
5,310 Views
11 Pages

30 August 2016

This paper uses an autoregressive distributed lag model (ARDL) to examine the dynamic impact of non-fossil energy consumption on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in China for a given level of economic growth, trade openness, and energy usage between 19...

(This article belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,791 Views
17 Pages

15 May 2023

The goal of this study is to detect linear and nonlinear causal pathways toward climate change as measured by changes in global mean surface temperature and global mean sea level over time using a data-based approach in contrast to the traditional ph...

  • Article
  • Open Access
45 Citations
9,318 Views
17 Pages

17 February 2022

This study attempts to investigate the effects of global climate change (via temperature and rainfall) on cereal production in Sichuan over the 1978–2018 period, whether agricultural credit combining with technical progress (i.e., mechanical fa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Adaptation for Crop Production and Sustainable Agriculture in a Changing Climate)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,478 Views
32 Pages

20 November 2023

In a globally interconnected economy marked by volatility, this study employs the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model to examine financial contagion’s impact on Romania’s financial stability. It investigates both conventional and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
8,031 Views
42 Pages

8 February 2024

This study explored the complex interplay and potential risk of financial contagion across major financial indices, focusing on the Bucharest Exchange Trading Investment Funds Index (BET-FI), along with global indices like the S&P 500, Nasdaq Com...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,452 Views
26 Pages

12 January 2024

Improving energy efficiency is vital for addressing climate change and reducing carbon emissions in emerging economies. Financial development (FD) is crucial for economic growth, and its environmental impact and the adjustment of the industrial struc...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Energy Economics and Environment: Exploring the Linkages)
  • Article
  • Open Access
578 Views
28 Pages

26 June 2026

Understanding how economic growth (GDP), livestock production (LPI), agriculture, forestry and fishing (AFF), renewable energy consumption (REN), and urbanization (URB) influence carbon emissions is essential for designing effective climate policies...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Achieving Economic and Environmental Sustainability in Agricultural Systems: Policy, Evaluation and Market Insights)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,879 Views
17 Pages

25 December 2023

Climate change has emerged as a global challenge because of its threat to sustainable development goals. Fossil fuels and economic growth are responsible for pollution and, thus, for climate change. In this context, this study explored the environmen...

(This article belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
58 Citations
12,942 Views
35 Pages

This paper examines the linkages in financial markets during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak. For this purpose, daily stock market returns were used over the period of December 31, 2019–April 20, 2020 for the following eco...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Risk Management of COVID-19 and Public Health: Medical, Economic, Finance, Business, Political and Educational Implications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,760 Views
12 Pages

13 October 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic is considered to be the world’s most urgent health disaster and the greatest challenge humanity has faced since World War II. One of the most significant concerns is the effectiveness of the extraordinary efforts undertaken arou...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Covid-19 Impacts and Recovery: Ethical, Economic, Legal, Societal and Eco-system Issues)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,926 Views
28 Pages

14 August 2023

Renewable energy represents a crucial resource in the efforts to combat climate change and reduce dependence on fossil fuels. In the past few decades, Romania has lessened its environmental footprint and played an important role in actions against cl...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Economic and Policy Challenges of Energy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
56 Views
19 Pages

13 October 2026

The development of stock markets can influence both economic growth and environmental sustainability, yet whether financial market expansion can achieve these objectives simultaneously remains unclear in emerging economies. This study examines the ef...

(This article belongs to the Section Growth, and Natural Resources (Environment + Agriculture))
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,000 Views
11 Pages

15 June 2021

In the literature, very few studies have focused on how urbanisation will influence the policy effects of a climate policy even though urbanisation does have profound socioeconomic impacts. This paper has explored the interrelations among the urbanis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
4,730 Views
15 Pages

15 February 2021

This article considers the relationship between trade intensity, energy consumption, income per capita, and carbon dioxide emissions from 1970–2016 for the Portuguese economy. Considering the arguments of monopolistic competition, the article tests t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
288 Views
15 Pages

16 September 2026

China’s pursuit of its dual-carbon targets—carbon peaking before 2030 and carbon neutrality before 2060—critically hinges on the structural decarbonization of its energy system. Utilizing a Bootstrap Autoregressive Distributed Lag (...

(This article belongs to the Section Gas Emissions)

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