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http://dx.doi.org/10.13106/jafeb.2021.vol8.no4.0093

Economic Growth, Financial Development, Transportation Capacity, and Environmental Degradation: Empirical Evidence from Vietnam  

NGUYEN, Van Chien (Department of Banking and Finance, Faculty of Economics, Thu Dau Mot University)
VU, Duc Binh (Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HUTECH))
NGUYEN, Thi Hoang Yen (Thu Dau Mot University)
PHAM, Cong Do (Thu Dau Mot University)
HUYNH, Tuyet Ngan (Banking University of Ho Chi Minh City)
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The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business / v.8, no.4, 2021 , pp. 93-104 More about this Journal
Abstract
In recent years, there has been a substantial theoretical and empirical study on the role that financial market development has significantly played in promoting economic growth and development in the world. The development of an economy requires the financial industry to be developed. In the context of rapid economic development, global warming has become a serious problem with issues such as rising average temperatures, climate change, rising sea level, and increasing carbon dioxide emissions. This study aims to examine the influence of economic growth, financial development, transportation capacity, and environmental degradation. Using time-series data from 1986 to 2019 and environmental degradation being measured by CO2 emissions, the study employs a quantity of ample unit root tests, the structural break unit root tests, Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL), and cointegration bounds test. The results show that there is a significant long-term cointegration among study variables. Empirical findings also indicate that an increase in per capita GDP and financial development worsens environmental quality whereas transportation capacity and foreign investment can improve environmental quality.
Keywords
Economic Growth; Finance; Transportation; Environment; Structural Break;
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