IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eme/srjpps/srj-02-2022-0100.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Do positive and negative shocks of institutional quality affect the ecological footprint in a developing economy?

Author

Listed:
  • Muzzammil Hussain
  • Nasir Mahmood

Abstract

Purpose - The discourse on the governance and environment nexus has been an important research agenda. However, the debate on the role of institutional quality (IQ) in environmental degradation is continuous. Unlike others, this study aims to examine the asymmetric effect of IQ on the ecological footprint (EF) from 1984 to 2019 in Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach - The nonlinear autoregressive distributive lag model is used to empirically investigate the linkage of IQ and EF. Findings - Reported results revealed that positive shocks are negatively affecting EF and negative shocks are positively affecting EF. Findings suggest that a better IQ is substantially reducing EF, whereas energy consumption and economic growth are increasing EF. Originality/value - This study is original and provided important information about the performance of institutions regarding the environmental concerns in Pakistan. Moreover, this study has robust policy implications.

Suggested Citation

  • Muzzammil Hussain & Nasir Mahmood, 2022. "Do positive and negative shocks of institutional quality affect the ecological footprint in a developing economy?," Social Responsibility Journal, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 19(8), pages 1365-1378, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:srjpps:srj-02-2022-0100
    DOI: 10.1108/SRJ-02-2022-0100
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/SRJ-02-2022-0100/full/html?utm_source=repec&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=repec
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers
    File URL: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/SRJ-02-2022-0100/full/pdf?utm_source=repec&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=repec
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1108/SRJ-02-2022-0100?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eme:srjpps:srj-02-2022-0100. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Emerald Support (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.