RETRACTED: Nexus Between Foreign Direct Investment Inflow, Renewable Energy Consumption, Ambient Air Pollution, and Human Mortality: A Public Health Perspective From Non-linear ARDL Approach

A huge foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow has been witnessed in China, though on the one hand, it brings a significant contribution to economic growth. On the other hand, it adversely affects the ambient air pollution that may affect human mortality in the country. Renewable energy (RE) usage me...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Haroon Shah, Sultan Salem, Bilal Ahmed, Irfan Ullah, Alam Rehman, Muhammad Zeeshan, Zeeshan Fareed
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Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-01-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.814208/full
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description A huge foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow has been witnessed in China, though on the one hand, it brings a significant contribution to economic growth. On the other hand, it adversely affects the ambient air pollution that may affect human mortality in the country. Renewable energy (RE) usage meets the country's energy needs with no adverse effect on the environment. Therefore, this study is trying to empirically analyze the effect of FDI inflow on human morality and RE consumption in China. We used time-series data for 1998–2020 and applied a non-linear ARDL approach for the estimations. The empirical outcomes suggest that FDI inflow positively affects mortality and RE. There is also unidirectional causality running from RE and pollution to mortality. In addition, the relationship among the variable verifies the existence of a non-linear relationship. The government needs policy guidelines to further boost FDI inflow due to its positive aspects. However, to reduce the negative effect on the environment and human morality, the extensive usage of RE should be adopted. Indeed, proper legislation for foreign firms might be a good step toward quality environmental and longevity of human health in society.
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spelling doaj-art-508e5f4ea2ee4556ad1a46d95e2db14d2025-08-20T03:35:15ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652022-01-01910.3389/fpubh.2021.814208814208RETRACTED: Nexus Between Foreign Direct Investment Inflow, Renewable Energy Consumption, Ambient Air Pollution, and Human Mortality: A Public Health Perspective From Non-linear ARDL ApproachMuhammad Haroon Shah0Sultan Salem1Bilal Ahmed2Irfan Ullah3Alam Rehman4Muhammad Zeeshan5Zeeshan Fareed6College of International Students, Wuxi University, Wuxi, ChinaDepartment of Economics, Birmingham Business School, College of Social Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United KingdomSchool of Management, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, ChinaReading Academy, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, ChinaFaculty of Management Sciences, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, PakistanCollege of Business Administration, Liaoning Technical University, Fuxin, ChinaSchool of Economics and Management, Huzhou University, Huzhou, ChinaA huge foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow has been witnessed in China, though on the one hand, it brings a significant contribution to economic growth. On the other hand, it adversely affects the ambient air pollution that may affect human mortality in the country. Renewable energy (RE) usage meets the country's energy needs with no adverse effect on the environment. Therefore, this study is trying to empirically analyze the effect of FDI inflow on human morality and RE consumption in China. We used time-series data for 1998–2020 and applied a non-linear ARDL approach for the estimations. The empirical outcomes suggest that FDI inflow positively affects mortality and RE. There is also unidirectional causality running from RE and pollution to mortality. In addition, the relationship among the variable verifies the existence of a non-linear relationship. The government needs policy guidelines to further boost FDI inflow due to its positive aspects. However, to reduce the negative effect on the environment and human morality, the extensive usage of RE should be adopted. Indeed, proper legislation for foreign firms might be a good step toward quality environmental and longevity of human health in society.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.814208/fullFDI inflowhuman mortalityrenewable energyNARDLChina
spellingShingle Muhammad Haroon Shah
Sultan Salem
Bilal Ahmed
Irfan Ullah
Alam Rehman
Muhammad Zeeshan
Zeeshan Fareed
RETRACTED: Nexus Between Foreign Direct Investment Inflow, Renewable Energy Consumption, Ambient Air Pollution, and Human Mortality: A Public Health Perspective From Non-linear ARDL Approach
Frontiers in Public Health
FDI inflow
human mortality
renewable energy
NARDL
China
title RETRACTED: Nexus Between Foreign Direct Investment Inflow, Renewable Energy Consumption, Ambient Air Pollution, and Human Mortality: A Public Health Perspective From Non-linear ARDL Approach
title_full RETRACTED: Nexus Between Foreign Direct Investment Inflow, Renewable Energy Consumption, Ambient Air Pollution, and Human Mortality: A Public Health Perspective From Non-linear ARDL Approach
title_fullStr RETRACTED: Nexus Between Foreign Direct Investment Inflow, Renewable Energy Consumption, Ambient Air Pollution, and Human Mortality: A Public Health Perspective From Non-linear ARDL Approach
title_full_unstemmed RETRACTED: Nexus Between Foreign Direct Investment Inflow, Renewable Energy Consumption, Ambient Air Pollution, and Human Mortality: A Public Health Perspective From Non-linear ARDL Approach
title_short RETRACTED: Nexus Between Foreign Direct Investment Inflow, Renewable Energy Consumption, Ambient Air Pollution, and Human Mortality: A Public Health Perspective From Non-linear ARDL Approach
title_sort retracted nexus between foreign direct investment inflow renewable energy consumption ambient air pollution and human mortality a public health perspective from non linear ardl approach
topic FDI inflow
human mortality
renewable energy
NARDL
China
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.814208/full
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