Does globalization increase the ecological footprint? Empirical evidence from Malaysia

Zahoor Ahmed; Zhaohua Wang; Faisal Mahmood; Muhammad Hafeez; Nazakat Ali

doi:10.1007/s11356-019-05224-9

Does globalization increase the ecological footprint? Empirical evidence from Malaysia

Zahoor Ahmed^*, Zhaohua Wang, Faisal Mahmood, Muhammad Hafeez, Nazakat Ali

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This study focuses to investigate the relationship between globalization and the ecological footprint for Malaysia from 1971 to 2014. The results of the Bayer and Hanck cointegration test and the ARDL bound test show the existence of cointegration among variables. The findings disclose that globalization is not a significant determinant of the ecological footprint; however, it significantly increases the ecological carbon footprint. Energy consumption and economic growth stimulate the ecological footprint and carbon footprint in Malaysia. Population density reduces the ecological footprint and carbon footprint. Further, financial development mitigates the ecological footprint. The causality results disclose the feedback hypothesis between energy consumption and economic growth in the long run and short run.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	18565-18582
Number of pages	18
Journal	Environmental Science and Pollution Research
Volume	26
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-05224-9
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2019

Keywords

ARDL
Bayer and Hanck test
Ecological carbon footprint
Ecological footprint
Globalization
Malaysia

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