Abstract:

In the study, the effect of two important variables such as institutional quality and renewable energy use on the ecological footprint is analyzed within the scope of sustainable development. In the study, in which China, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia and Turkey, which are the E7 countries named as emerging economies, were included in the analysis, the data of institutional quality, renewable energy consumption, ecological footprint, exports and GDP per capita for the period 2002-2018 were used. Fixed-effect panel quantile method was used. In the analysis, a negative relationship was found between the Ecological Footprint of Institutional Quality. Increasing Institutional Quality reduces the Ecological Footprint. A positive relationship was found between Renewable Energy Consumption, per capita GDP, exports and Ecological Footprint, which are among the other variables. Based on these results, policy recommendations that countries can implement are listed.

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