Pub Date : 2020-11-23DOI: 10.1504/ijge.2020.10033756
Fabian Reyes-Rueda, S. Rojas-Berrio
First, this article is aimed to identify factors that can influence sustainable consumption, specifically in the green purchase of environmentally friendly products. In order to reach that goal, a literature review was carried out through Scopus. As a result, social influence, environmental attitudes, perceived barriers and green purchase intentions were selected as factors. Second, this research validated a scale to measure green purchase intentions, taking as a reference other scales of literature. The methods included strategies such as expert judgment, cognitive methods, pilot test and reliability coefficients for different appliance categories. The results show that the scale is reliable and measures the proposed constructs.
{"title":"Sustainable consumption: associated factors and scale validation to measure appliance purchase intentions","authors":"Fabian Reyes-Rueda, S. Rojas-Berrio","doi":"10.1504/ijge.2020.10033756","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijge.2020.10033756","url":null,"abstract":"First, this article is aimed to identify factors that can influence sustainable consumption, specifically in the green purchase of environmentally friendly products. In order to reach that goal, a literature review was carried out through Scopus. As a result, social influence, environmental attitudes, perceived barriers and green purchase intentions were selected as factors. Second, this research validated a scale to measure green purchase intentions, taking as a reference other scales of literature. The methods included strategies such as expert judgment, cognitive methods, pilot test and reliability coefficients for different appliance categories. The results show that the scale is reliable and measures the proposed constructs.","PeriodicalId":35060,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Green Economics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46771140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-11-23DOI: 10.1504/ijge.2020.10032310
O. D. Awolusi, Josue Mbonigaba
Increasing environmental degradation is seen as a major threat to sustainability in the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) countries. Consequently, this study analysed the effect of economic growth on environmental sustainability within the BRICS countries using a panel data set from 1990 to 2017. Owing to the probable cross-sectional dependency errors, the study's estimates via the Auto Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) were supported by Cross-Sectional Autoregressive Distributed Lag (CS-ARDL) estimates. The results confirm that economic growth and environmental sustainability are co-integrated at the panel level, indicating the presence of long-run equilibrium relationships. The study concluded that GDP growth exhibits a negative impact on environmental degradation in the short run but seem to have reversed in the long run - tacit support for the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis. All robustness checks, including temporal and spatial changes, validated our main findings. Various policy implications and recommendations are highlighted.
{"title":"Economic growth and environmental sustainability within the BRICS countries: a comparative analysis","authors":"O. D. Awolusi, Josue Mbonigaba","doi":"10.1504/ijge.2020.10032310","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijge.2020.10032310","url":null,"abstract":"Increasing environmental degradation is seen as a major threat to sustainability in the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) countries. Consequently, this study analysed the effect of economic growth on environmental sustainability within the BRICS countries using a panel data set from 1990 to 2017. Owing to the probable cross-sectional dependency errors, the study's estimates via the Auto Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) were supported by Cross-Sectional Autoregressive Distributed Lag (CS-ARDL) estimates. The results confirm that economic growth and environmental sustainability are co-integrated at the panel level, indicating the presence of long-run equilibrium relationships. The study concluded that GDP growth exhibits a negative impact on environmental degradation in the short run but seem to have reversed in the long run - tacit support for the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis. All robustness checks, including temporal and spatial changes, validated our main findings. Various policy implications and recommendations are highlighted.","PeriodicalId":35060,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Green Economics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46230321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-11-23DOI: 10.1504/ijge.2020.10033755
Adoulaye Koudougou
This study aims to examine the adoption and the impact of organic farming in the specific case of organic cotton farming in Burkina Faso. The adoption and impact of organic cotton production is investigated through an endogenous switching regression model to control for the endogeniety of the adoption decision. The results of the study revealed that factors such as the experience in cotton farming, the education of the head of household, household size, the gender of the head of household and the knowledge provided to cotton farmers through radio emissions affect negatively the decision to grow organic cotton while the age of the head of household has a positive impact on the decision to grow organic cotton. The adoption of organic cotton farming has a significant positive impact on the returns on cotton production of organic cotton farmers but affect negatively their capacity to grow non-cotton crops.
{"title":"Adoption and impact of organic cotton farming practices on households' livelihoods in the central-eastern region of Burkina Faso","authors":"Adoulaye Koudougou","doi":"10.1504/ijge.2020.10033755","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijge.2020.10033755","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to examine the adoption and the impact of organic farming in the specific case of organic cotton farming in Burkina Faso. The adoption and impact of organic cotton production is investigated through an endogenous switching regression model to control for the endogeniety of the adoption decision. The results of the study revealed that factors such as the experience in cotton farming, the education of the head of household, household size, the gender of the head of household and the knowledge provided to cotton farmers through radio emissions affect negatively the decision to grow organic cotton while the age of the head of household has a positive impact on the decision to grow organic cotton. The adoption of organic cotton farming has a significant positive impact on the returns on cotton production of organic cotton farmers but affect negatively their capacity to grow non-cotton crops.","PeriodicalId":35060,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Green Economics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47274126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-11-23DOI: 10.1504/ijge.2020.10033759
Megha Jain, Aishwarya Nagpal
Certain economists today contend that externalities and public goods are the leading causes of market failure, holding a significant level of relevance for green and environmental economics. These externalities can be categorised based on the impacts delivered to following channels or on the sectors responsible for causing that type of environmental effects. To understand the environmental impact in the era of development, the present study aims to investigate the empirical linkages among economic growth, human development, and environmental performance for the selected emerging nations over the period 2008-2016. The authors have employed dynamic panel modelling. To have a holistic overview, other macroeconomic and capital flow have been considered. The findings suggest the strong positive influence of economic growth variables on environmental performance, especially in selected emerging economies along with a contentious relationship between financial openness and environmental adversity. The results recommend crucial policy implications in the context of climate change.
{"title":"Analysing the nexus of environmental performance and human well-being: an empirical study of selected emerging economies","authors":"Megha Jain, Aishwarya Nagpal","doi":"10.1504/ijge.2020.10033759","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijge.2020.10033759","url":null,"abstract":"Certain economists today contend that externalities and public goods are the leading causes of market failure, holding a significant level of relevance for green and environmental economics. These externalities can be categorised based on the impacts delivered to following channels or on the sectors responsible for causing that type of environmental effects. To understand the environmental impact in the era of development, the present study aims to investigate the empirical linkages among economic growth, human development, and environmental performance for the selected emerging nations over the period 2008-2016. The authors have employed dynamic panel modelling. To have a holistic overview, other macroeconomic and capital flow have been considered. The findings suggest the strong positive influence of economic growth variables on environmental performance, especially in selected emerging economies along with a contentious relationship between financial openness and environmental adversity. The results recommend crucial policy implications in the context of climate change.","PeriodicalId":35060,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Green Economics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44717613","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-09-14DOI: 10.1504/ijge.2020.10032079
Soumyananda Dinda
This paper focuses on the circular economy approach which is based on the principle of recycle of resources. It is an alternative to the existing linear economy that is based on the principle of 'take-make-dispose', which is unsustainable for economic growth due to limitation of resources in the world. This study especially set up a circular economy model for sustainable development in the frame work of endogenous economic growth incorporating waste as valuable stock for further production. The paper highlights (a) stock of waste accumulation, (b) dynamics of waste in closed-loop system and (c) economic growth path. Recycling economic activities contributes in the economic development with reuse of resources without degrading environment. This paper tangentially provides empirical support to our model for sustainable development.
{"title":"A circular economy approach for sustainable economic development","authors":"Soumyananda Dinda","doi":"10.1504/ijge.2020.10032079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijge.2020.10032079","url":null,"abstract":"This paper focuses on the circular economy approach which is based on the principle of recycle of resources. It is an alternative to the existing linear economy that is based on the principle of 'take-make-dispose', which is unsustainable for economic growth due to limitation of resources in the world. This study especially set up a circular economy model for sustainable development in the frame work of endogenous economic growth incorporating waste as valuable stock for further production. The paper highlights (a) stock of waste accumulation, (b) dynamics of waste in closed-loop system and (c) economic growth path. Recycling economic activities contributes in the economic development with reuse of resources without degrading environment. This paper tangentially provides empirical support to our model for sustainable development.","PeriodicalId":35060,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Green Economics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47720077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-09-14DOI: 10.1504/ijge.2020.10032078
P. Falcone
A vibrant debate on the ways and timing characterising the need to scale down the dependence of the current economic system on fossil fuels is attracting the attention of governments worldwide. A sustainable transition from a long-established regime, based on rooted production and consumption models, involves undertaking a wide array of challenges. Indeed, the transition towards sustainability is still recognised as having a high degree of complexity and uncertainty with respect the founding of required investment projects. In this regard, green finance can play a pivotal role in accelerating this transition so as to create the conditions to guarantee a level playing field between the traditional and green economy.
{"title":"Environmental regulation and green investments: the role of green finance","authors":"P. Falcone","doi":"10.1504/ijge.2020.10032078","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijge.2020.10032078","url":null,"abstract":"A vibrant debate on the ways and timing characterising the need to scale down the dependence of the current economic system on fossil fuels is attracting the attention of governments worldwide. A sustainable transition from a long-established regime, based on rooted production and consumption models, involves undertaking a wide array of challenges. Indeed, the transition towards sustainability is still recognised as having a high degree of complexity and uncertainty with respect the founding of required investment projects. In this regard, green finance can play a pivotal role in accelerating this transition so as to create the conditions to guarantee a level playing field between the traditional and green economy.","PeriodicalId":35060,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Green Economics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47420880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-09-14DOI: 10.1504/ijge.2020.10032076
Kwami Adanu
Common environmental economics instruments often used in addressing waste problems have suffered paralysis when it comes to resolving the global plastic waste problem. This study illustrates the use of an Environmental Solutions Decision-making Tree (ESD-Tree), and a plastic waste market in reversing the problem. Several interesting results emerge. These include, banning non-recyclable plastic bags for which the unit cost per use of a close substitute, is less or equal to the unit cost per use of the plastic, provided production of the substitute generates at least as many jobs as the plastic bag. Next, the results revealed that producer-ran and public-ran centres introduced in the proposed plastic waste market work together to eliminate incentives for market participants to deviate from equilibrium market prices. The study derived an implementable second-best tax which internalises plastic waste externalities, and provides an imperfect restoration of the social optimum in the plastic waste market.
{"title":"The growing global plastic waste problem - lessons for environmental economics policy design and choice","authors":"Kwami Adanu","doi":"10.1504/ijge.2020.10032076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijge.2020.10032076","url":null,"abstract":"Common environmental economics instruments often used in addressing waste problems have suffered paralysis when it comes to resolving the global plastic waste problem. This study illustrates the use of an Environmental Solutions Decision-making Tree (ESD-Tree), and a plastic waste market in reversing the problem. Several interesting results emerge. These include, banning non-recyclable plastic bags for which the unit cost per use of a close substitute, is less or equal to the unit cost per use of the plastic, provided production of the substitute generates at least as many jobs as the plastic bag. Next, the results revealed that producer-ran and public-ran centres introduced in the proposed plastic waste market work together to eliminate incentives for market participants to deviate from equilibrium market prices. The study derived an implementable second-best tax which internalises plastic waste externalities, and provides an imperfect restoration of the social optimum in the plastic waste market.","PeriodicalId":35060,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Green Economics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44911790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-09-12DOI: 10.1504/ijge.2020.10032075
H. Giao
This research aims at examining factors affecting green purchasing behaviour in Vietnam, by interviewing 297 consumers who are over 18 at the beginning of 2018. Cronbach’s Alpha, exploratory factor analysing and linear multiple regressioning were used. The results show that there are three main factors affecting green purchasing behaviour in Vietnam, arranged by reducing the importance: (1) green promotion activities, (2) information sources, and (3) price of green products. This is one of the first researches in Vietnam about this topic, and the research reveals some suggestions for businesses and governmental administrations to enhance green purchasing behaviour.
{"title":"Suggested administrative management on green purchasing behavior in Vietnam","authors":"H. Giao","doi":"10.1504/ijge.2020.10032075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijge.2020.10032075","url":null,"abstract":"This research aims at examining factors affecting green purchasing behaviour in Vietnam, by interviewing 297 consumers who are over 18 at the beginning of 2018. Cronbach’s Alpha, exploratory factor analysing and linear multiple regressioning were used. The results show that there are three main factors affecting green purchasing behaviour in Vietnam, arranged by reducing the importance: (1) green promotion activities, (2) information sources, and (3) price of green products. This is one of the first researches in Vietnam about this topic, and the research reveals some suggestions for businesses and governmental administrations to enhance green purchasing behaviour.","PeriodicalId":35060,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Green Economics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48635093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-07-06DOI: 10.1504/ijge.2020.10030415
R. Mukherji, V. Mathur, M. Mukherji
Green energy is a global consensus to cope with increasing energy needs. Recognising this fact, the Government of India is expecting 40% of the demand to be fulfilled through rooftop solar plants by 2022. As a result, in many metropolitan regions, government and non-government organisations installed rooftop Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) systems and the energy produced is consumed for their usage. To contribute to this universal mission of energy conservation, The ICFAI University, Jaipur, had taken a significant step by installing a 50 kWp SPV system on its campus. This paper presents the performance assessment and economic feasibility of the SPV system which is monitored between January 2018 and June 2018. The energy production of the plant at 34,476.64 kWh recorded during the period. The array, final, and reference yields are perceived to vary from 2.7 to 5.04 kWh/kW/day, 2.45 to 4.73 kWh/kW/day, and 3.22 to 7.4 kWh/kW/day respectively. The monthly average daily performance ratio (PR) and capacity utilisation factor (CUF) measured amid 16.39-76.97% and 10.23-19.71 respectively. To investigate the pecuniary feasibility of the venture, the net present value (NPV), Profitability Index (PI), Internal Rate of Return (IRR) and Payback Period are used for different discount and subsidy rates.
{"title":"Performance and economic viability assessment of a 50 KWp rooftop solar photovoltaic system","authors":"R. Mukherji, V. Mathur, M. Mukherji","doi":"10.1504/ijge.2020.10030415","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijge.2020.10030415","url":null,"abstract":"Green energy is a global consensus to cope with increasing energy needs. Recognising this fact, the Government of India is expecting 40% of the demand to be fulfilled through rooftop solar plants by 2022. As a result, in many metropolitan regions, government and non-government organisations installed rooftop Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) systems and the energy produced is consumed for their usage. To contribute to this universal mission of energy conservation, The ICFAI University, Jaipur, had taken a significant step by installing a 50 kWp SPV system on its campus. This paper presents the performance assessment and economic feasibility of the SPV system which is monitored between January 2018 and June 2018. The energy production of the plant at 34,476.64 kWh recorded during the period. The array, final, and reference yields are perceived to vary from 2.7 to 5.04 kWh/kW/day, 2.45 to 4.73 kWh/kW/day, and 3.22 to 7.4 kWh/kW/day respectively. The monthly average daily performance ratio (PR) and capacity utilisation factor (CUF) measured amid 16.39-76.97% and 10.23-19.71 respectively. To investigate the pecuniary feasibility of the venture, the net present value (NPV), Profitability Index (PI), Internal Rate of Return (IRR) and Payback Period are used for different discount and subsidy rates.","PeriodicalId":35060,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Green Economics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44448858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-07-06DOI: 10.1504/ijge.2020.10030416
T. Moyo, C. Ngwakwe
This paper presents a novel multidimensional conceptual framework for achieving sustainable consumption and production. The paper adopts a qualitative approach through literature and theoretical reviews. The paper argues that while current research on SCP is dominated by a market-oriented philosophical configuration, the quest for sustainability has to integrate non-market considerations, which drives consumerism. After exploring the theoretical dimensions and the literature review, the paper leans on these to develop a new framework, which this paper refers to as 'multidimensional framework for sustainable consumption and production'; this is followed by a proposal of five new research models for further researching of sustainable sourcing of materials, sustainable production, sustainable consumption, sustainable distribution and sustainable waste management. The suggested framework and the five models provide new insight for improved policy and practice. This paper contributes new framework and models, which is absent in the literature.
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