The non-linear influence of trade, foreign direct investment, financial development, energy supply and human capital on carbon emissions in the BRICS

• Published in: Environmental science and pollution research international Vol. 28; no. 41; pp. 57825 - 57841
• Main Author: Ganda, Fortune
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.11.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aquatic Pollution; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Carbon; credit; data collection; Earth and Environmental Science; economic development; Ecotoxicology; Emissions; Emissions trading; Energy; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Environmental quality; Environmental science; foreign direct investment; Foreign investment; Human capital; pollution; Private sector; Research Article; threshold models; trade; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; United States > US; Foreign direct investment; Trade; Energy supply; Human capital; Carbon emissions; Financial development

This research investigates the relationship between foreign direct investment, domestic credit to the private sector, energy supply and human capital on carbon emissions subject to the level of trade. In the interest of capturing this non-linear association, this paper utilises the fixed effect pane...