The effects of regional trade integration and renewable energy transition on environmental quality: Evidence from South Asian neighbors

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muntasir Murshed ◽  
Rizwan Ahmed ◽  
Chamaiporn Kumpamool ◽  
Mohga Bassim ◽  
Mohamed Elheddad
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Trade Integration ◽  
Regional Trade ◽  
Quality Evidence

scholarly journals Calibrating the Impacts of Regional Trade Integration and Renewable Energy Transition on the Sustainability of International Inbound Tourism Demand in South Asia

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 8341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muntasir Murshed ◽  
Haider Mahmood ◽  
Tarek Tawfik Yousef Alkhateeb ◽  
Suvajit Banerjee
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
South Asia ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Trade Integration ◽  
Tourism Demand ◽  
The South ◽  
Regional Trade ◽  
Inbound Tourism ◽  
Asian Economies

This paper aims to evaluate the overarching relationships between International Inbound Tourism Demand (IITD), regional trade integration and Renewable Energy Transition (RET) in the context of selected South Asian economies between 1990 and 2016. The results from the panel data econometric analyses, accounting for cross-sectional dependency and slope heterogeneity issues, showed that higher degrees of intra-regional trade between the South Asian economies exert positive impacts on the IITD in South Asia. Similarly, undergoing a RET was found to stimulate the IITD further. Besides, the joint favorable impacts of regional trade integration and RET on South Asia’s IITD were also ascertained. Therefore, these findings impose key policy implications concerning the pertinence of strengthening regional trade cooperation between the South Asian neighbors and boosting renewable energy consumption for enhancing the IITD further.

Impact of Belt and Road Initiative on India-south Asia Regional Trade Integration

2021 ◽  
pp. 9-14
Author(s):  
Mst. Sahiba Mahbub
Keyword(s):  
South Asia ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Free Trade Agreements ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
Trade Integration ◽  
Regional Trade ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
Integration Strategies

Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a standout amongst the latest and remarkable regional economic integration strategies of Chinese government. This initiative incorporates South Asia which is a piece of Asian territory. From past researches we came to know that regional trade intensity among south Asian nations is low. The majority of the analysts finished up by computing the general list at beneath 0.5. Notwithstanding various multilateral and reciprocal Free Trade Agreements (FTA) exchange coordination did not increment attractively. India has reciprocal FTAs with every south Asian nation. Also this sub region is among the significant exchange accomplices of India. There are double suppositions of India about Chinese BRI initiative. In this research we found an answer of an inquiry that, regardless of whether BRI has sway on trade coordination among India and south Asian nations. We utilized a blended gravity model equation from Hayakawa et.al (2015) and Weerehewa (2009) inquire about papers to assess the aftereffects of variables.

Does Improvement in Trade Openness Facilitate Renewable Energy Transition? Evidence from Selected South Asian Economies

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muntasir Murshed
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Time Series Data ◽  
Trade Openness ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Renewable Energy Resources ◽  
Renewable Energy Consumption ◽  
Causality Test ◽  
Asian Economies

The aim of this article is to empirically shed light on the impacts of trade openness (TO) on facilitation of renewable energy transition (RET) across Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal. Against this backdrop, this article incorporated annual time series data stemming from 2000 to 2017 and employed the two-stage least squares (2SLS) panel data estimation methodology. In addition, the panel Granger causality test was also applied to distinguish the possible long-run causal associations between the variables considered in the regression models. In the light of the estimated results, it is found that an improvement in TO triggers renewable energy consumption, improves the primary energy-use efficiency and elevates the access to clean cooking fuel technology within the selected South Asian economies. However, the results also led to the concerning conclusion regarding the ineffectiveness of the trade liberalization policies in curbing the relative consumption of non-renewable energy resources, thereby marginalizing the prospects of overall RET within these economies. JEL: O13, P2, Q42, D12, F35

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