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Green logistics, economic growth, and environmental quality: evidence from one belt and road initiative economies

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The significance of global green logistics in improving green economic activities is a critically considered and debatable research topic in the context of economic growth and environment. This study aims to analyze the growth and environmental effects of green logistics performance for One Belt and Road Initiative (OBRI) countries over the period 2007–2019. The study used panel data two-stage least squares (2SLS) and generalized method of moments (GMM) estimators with robust inferences. The findings have revealed that green logistics performance improves the economic growth in OBRI, Europe, and MENA economies. While green logistics performance enhances the environmental pollution in OBRI, Central Asia, and MENA economies, it significantly improves the environmental quality in Europe and East and Southeast Asia regions. The control variables have also importance in economic growth and environment in policy implication in OBRI and five sub-regions of OBRI economies. Based on these findings, we can conduct some robust green logistics policies in OBRI.

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  2. Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), Islamabad, Pakistan

    Sidra Sohail

  3. School of Economics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Muhammad Tariq Majeed & Waheed Ahmad

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This idea was given by Xiaolong Li. Xiaolong Li, Sidra Sohail, and Muhammad Tariq Majeed analyzed the data and wrote the complete paper. Waheed Ahmad and Sidra Sohail read and approved the final version.

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Li, X., Sohail, S., Majeed, M.T. et al. Green logistics, economic growth, and environmental quality: evidence from one belt and road initiative economies. Environ Sci Pollut Res 28, 30664–30674 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-12839-4

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Keywords

  • Green logistics performance
  • Economic growth
  • CO2 emissions
  • OBRI economies