TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of corruption in public sector on environmental quality
T2 - Implications for sustainability in BRICS and next 11 countries
AU - Sinha, Avik
AU - Gupta, Monika
AU - Shahbaz, Muhammad
AU - Sengupta, Tuhin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2019/9/20
Y1 - 2019/9/20
N2 - This study investigates the impact of corruption in public sector on carbon emissions in presence of energy use segregation, following the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) framework. The study has been carried out for Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) and Next 11 countries over the period of 1990–2017. Along with the finding of inverted N-shaped EKC for both the cases, we find that incidents of corruption enhance environmental degradation by reducing the positive impact of renewable energy consumption on environmental quality, and increasing the negative impact of fossil fuel consumption. This study has also divulged that the corruptive practices are more prone in case of the countries, where the development is mature and institutionalization is more stringent. Based on these findings, we suggest that environmental policies should take account of the corruption, and thereby, making the policies more robust and effective.
AB - This study investigates the impact of corruption in public sector on carbon emissions in presence of energy use segregation, following the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) framework. The study has been carried out for Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) and Next 11 countries over the period of 1990–2017. Along with the finding of inverted N-shaped EKC for both the cases, we find that incidents of corruption enhance environmental degradation by reducing the positive impact of renewable energy consumption on environmental quality, and increasing the negative impact of fossil fuel consumption. This study has also divulged that the corruptive practices are more prone in case of the countries, where the development is mature and institutionalization is more stringent. Based on these findings, we suggest that environmental policies should take account of the corruption, and thereby, making the policies more robust and effective.
KW - BRICS
KW - CO emissions
KW - Corruption
KW - Environmental kuznets curve
KW - Next 11
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85067315280&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.06.066
DO - 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.06.066
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85067315280
SN - 0959-6526
VL - 232
SP - 1379
EP - 1393
JO - Journal of Cleaner Production
JF - Journal of Cleaner Production
ER -
