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Does green environmental innovation really matter for carbon-free economy? Nexus among green technological innovation, green international trade, and green power generation

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This study examines the association among the green energy production (GEP), green technological innovation (GTI), and green international trade (GIT) on the ecological footprints (EFP). In addition, this research applies fully modified least square (FMOLS) to estimate the empirical outcomes, while dynamic least square (DOLS) is used to check the robustness of the outcomes. Although, the selection of the assessment technique depends on the order of integration of the selected series. Before estimation, some diagnostic tests are also performed to ensure the reliability of the data set. Furthermore, the empirical outcomes of the present analysis are twofold: at begin, this research discovered a negative relationship between GEP and EFP. Secondly, this research reveals that GTI has also an adverse impact on EFP along with GIT, which is unsurprising. Results imply that advancement in green technological innovations tends to improve the EQ by reducing the level of EFP.

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  1. School of Accounting, Wuhan College, Hubei, Wuhan, 430212, China

    Chen Liu

  2. School of Economics and Management, Shihezi University, 832000, Shihezi, Xinjiang, China

    Chaojun Ni

  3. Rajkiya Engineering College Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, Bijnor, India

    Paritosh Sharma

  4. Department of Management Sciences, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Uttar Pradesh, Moradabad, India

    Vipin Jain & Chanchal Chawla

  5. Department of Management Sciences, University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan

    Malik Shahzad Shabbir

  6. College of Business, Al Ain University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

    Mosab I. Tabash

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Dr. Liu has completed the data analysis part, Dr. Ni completed the Introduction section, Dr. Paritosh completed the Literature review section, Dr. Vipin wrote the Methodology section, Mr Shahzad Shabbir interpreted the data analysis section, Mr Chawala wrote conclusion, and Dr. Mosab wrote abstract parts and formatted the paper as per journal requirements.

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Liu, C., Ni, C., Sharma, P. et al. Does green environmental innovation really matter for carbon-free economy? Nexus among green technological innovation, green international trade, and green power generation. Environ Sci Pollut Res 29, 67504–67512 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-22040-w

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