The role of overseas financial inflows in the economic growth process has largely been documented, particularly in relation to remittances from diaspora populations and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). This study uniquely highlights the often-overlooked non-monetary remittances, which include tangible goods, skills, and technical knowledge. Using panel data comprising 132 developing...
Pollution Emissions and Economic Growth in Asia Through the Lens of the Environmental Kuznets Curve
The nonlinear relationship of pollution emissions with economic growth alongside energy consumption variables was examined to test the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis using a panel sample comprising 34 Asian economies from 2001 to 2013. Panel Autoregressive Distributed Lag models in the forms of Pooled Mean Group and Mean Group...