Economic Geography Research

Economic Geography Research

Asymmetric Effects of Electronic Government and Financial Development on Climate Change in Iran (Application of NARDL Model)

Document Type : Articles extracted from Thesis

Authors
1 Ph.D. student in Economics, Department of Economics, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
2 Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
3 Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
Abstract
Dealing with climate change requires government intervention and global planning. Creating infrastructure based on ICT to provide better services are proposed as a solution.This article analyzes the symmetric and asymmetric effects of e-government (EG) and financial development(FD) on climate change(CC) in Iran during 2003:3-2021:1 by Linear and Nonlinear Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL and NARDL) methods. The ARDL results showed that in the long-run, EG and good governance(GG) had a negative effect, and FD and foreign direct investment(FDI) had a positive effect on CC. In the short-run, GG had a negative and FDI had a positive effect on CC. The error correction shows that in each period, 51% of the short-term imbalances are adjusted and approach the long-term trend. The results of the NARDL method showed that in the short and long-term, positive (negative) changes in the EG had a negative (positive) effect on CC. Positive (negative) changes in FD had no effect (negative) in the short-term, and positive (negative) changes had a positive (negative) effect in the long-term. Positive (negative) changes in GG in the short and long-term had a negative (meaningless) effect on CC. The positive (negative) changes of FDI in the short and long-term had insignificant (negative) effect. The Wald test showed in the short and long-term, the effects of positive and negative changes in EG and GG are asymmetrical, and the effects of positive and negative changes in FDI are symmetrical. The error-correction showed in each period, 56% of the short-term imbalances are converged to the long-term trend.
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Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 05 March 2025

  • Receive Date 12 November 2024
  • Revise Date 03 March 2025
  • Accept Date 05 March 2025