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The dynamics effect of green technology innovation on economic growth and CO2 emission in Singapore: new evidence from bootstrap ARDL approach

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For an economy to excel in growth, there is usually a trade-off between financial development and environment deterioration. For a country like Singapore, which has shown a radical growth and is known for its population density, it is important to explore the role of green technology innovation in the pursuit of economic excellence with the least possible cost to the environment. By employing the novel bootstrap autoregressive-distributed lag (BARDL) technique using a time series data from 1990 to 2018, the results reported a positive and significant relationship of green technology innovation with economic growth and negative and significant relationship with carbon emissions in both long run and short run. Based on the findings, several managerial implications were discussed, whereas based on the limitations, directions for future researchers are also given.

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This study was funded by “Guizhou University introduction of talent research project” No: guida renji (2019) 018 (humanities and social sciences). Project tile: Research on the internal incentive mechanism of green innovation in traditional industries based on new normal of economy.

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  1. School of Management, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China

    Tang Meirun

  2. Bina Nusantara University, Jalan Hang Lekir I no. 6, Senayan, Jakarta, 10270, Indonesia

    Leonardus WW Mihardjo

  3. Taylor’s Business School (TBS), Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus, 1 Jalan Taylors, Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

    Muhammad Haseeb

  4. School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

    Syed Abdul Rehman Khan

  5. Department for Management of Science and Technology Development, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    Kittisak Jermsittiparsert

  6. Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    Kittisak Jermsittiparsert

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Tang Meirun: conceptualization, writing—original draft

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Syed Abdul Rehman Khan: supervision, formal analysis

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Meirun, T., Mihardjo, L.W., Haseeb, M. et al. The dynamics effect of green technology innovation on economic growth and CO2 emission in Singapore: new evidence from bootstrap ARDL approach. Environ Sci Pollut Res 28, 4184–4194 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-10760-w

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