Unraveling the Nexus: The impact of economic globalization on the environment in Asian economies

Abstract

Even if the globalization of the economy has resulted in changes in environmental quality, environmental policy formulation still requires research that integrates the KOF Globalization Index and the load capacity factor Index into a single framework. From 1996 to 2020, the study examined the effect of economic globalization on the environmental integrity of Asian economies. Utilizing a load capacity factor index as a proxy for environmental quality and the KOF economic globalization index to measure economic globalization is distinctive to this study. Checking the independent and interactive effects of economic globalization and institutional quality on environmental quality is another innovative aspect of this study. This study modified the conventional environmental Kuznets curve based on economic globalization to derive the geometry of the environmental Kuznets curve based on economic globalization. The System generalized method of moment technique is used to determine the long-term relationship between economic globalization and environmental quality. The system GMM analysis demonstrates a positive correlation between the globalization of the economy and environmental performance. In addition, the results corroborate the inverted U-shaped relationship between economic globalization and environmental quality for the 48 Asian economies analyzed. In addition, the results confirmed the importance of institutional quality in mitigating the negative impact of globalization on environmental quality. Consideration is given to policy recommendations based on these findings.