Examining the Influence of Renewable Energy Consumption, Technological Innovation, and Export Diversification on Economic Growth: Empirical Insights from E-7 Nations

Mohammed Alhashim, Mohd Ziaur Rehman, Shoaib Ansari () and Parvez Ahmed
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Mohammed Alhashim: Department of Finance, College of Business Administration, King Saud University, P.O. Box 71115, Riyadh 11587, Saudi Arabia
Mohd Ziaur Rehman: Department of Finance, College of Business Administration, King Saud University, P.O. Box 71115, Riyadh 11587, Saudi Arabia
Shoaib Ansari: Department of Economics, AKI’s Poona College of Arts, Science & Commerce, SPPU Pune, Maharashtra 411001, India
Parvez Ahmed: Department of Economics, SRM University AP, Guntur 522240, India

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 21, 1-19

Abstract: The present research focuses on the endogenous development theory and investigates the relationships between economic growth (dependent variable) and renewable energy consumption, technological innovation, and export diversification (independent variables) in seven emerging economies known as the E-7. Previous studies have examined these factors individually but have not explored their combined impact on the E-7 economies. Therefore, this study contributes to the existing literature on the effects of renewable energy consumption, technological advancement, and export diversification on economic development. This study analyses the dynamic connections among these variables in seven selected emerging countries: Brazil, China, Indonesia, India, Mexico, Russia, and Turkey. Panel data from 1990 to 2022 are utilised, and various methodologies, including panel cointegration, the pooled mean group–autoregressive distributed lag (PMG-ARDL) estimator, and robustness tests, such as the fully modified ordinary least square and dynamic ordinary least square tests, are employed. Empirical inferences are drawn using the Dumitrescu–Hurlin panel causality (DHC) test, and the long-run relationships among the variables are validated using the Westerlund residual cointegration tests. The results from the PMG-ARDL estimator show that renewable energy consumption, technological advancement, and export diversification have a significant and positive impact on economic expansion, confirming the validity of the endogenous growth model in the E-7 countries. The control variable of the financial sector has a positive but insignificant effect on economic growth, while trade openness has a negative and significant effect. The DHC test results indicate a neutral feedback effect of renewable energy consumption on economic growth. The findings also reveal a unidirectional causal relationship between technological innovation and economic growth. Overall, these findings provide valuable insights for economic policymakers in the E-7 countries. By removing barriers to renewable energy consumption, technological innovation, and export diversification, policymakers can promote sustainable economic development.

Keywords: renewable energy consumption; technological innovation; export diversification; emerging economies (E-7); panel data analysis; PMG-ARDL estimator (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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