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Agriculture and the food system emit a considerable amount of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions in the atmosphere. Hence, current researchers, policymakers, and other stakeholders are calling for improving the environmental performance of agriculture. This study utilizes the countries of The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) to investigate the effect of agriculture value-added, pesticide use, renewable energy adoption, human capital, and economic growth on greenhouse gas emissions. The moderation effect of renewable energy use and human capital is also introduced to see whether they can offset agriculture's emissions in these BIMSTEC economies. Having reported a state-of-the-art literature review, the econometric procedure applies the second-generation unit root tests, panel cointegration and panel quantile regression for three preferred model specifications. The result from the Panel quantile regression method reveals a U-shaped relationship between agriculture value-added and greenhouse gas emissions, suggesting the significance of a small farming system. Human capital has a negative effect, whereas pesticide use has a positive effect on greenhouse gas emissions. Furthermore, the moderation effect of human capital and pesticide use suggests that human capital is not significant enough to offset the effect of pesticide use on the greenhouse gas emissions, whereas the interaction of renewable and pesticide use suggests that renewable energy adoption in the agriculture sector can mitigate the effect of pesticide use on GHG emissions. Finally, the conclusions of the study support the achievement of few sustainable development goals.
Gagan Deep Sharma; Muhammad Ibrahim Shah; Umer Shahzad; Mansi Jain; Ritika Chopra. Exploring the nexus between agriculture and greenhouse gas emissions in BIMSTEC region: The role of renewable energy and human capital as moderators. Journal of Environmental Management 2021, 297, 113316 .
AMA StyleGagan Deep Sharma, Muhammad Ibrahim Shah, Umer Shahzad, Mansi Jain, Ritika Chopra. Exploring the nexus between agriculture and greenhouse gas emissions in BIMSTEC region: The role of renewable energy and human capital as moderators. Journal of Environmental Management. 2021; 297 ():113316.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGagan Deep Sharma; Muhammad Ibrahim Shah; Umer Shahzad; Mansi Jain; Ritika Chopra. 2021. "Exploring the nexus between agriculture and greenhouse gas emissions in BIMSTEC region: The role of renewable energy and human capital as moderators." Journal of Environmental Management 297, no. : 113316.
Sustainable living has emerged as the need of the hour for mankind in present times. Practitioners, as well as scholarship in the area, are divided over the comparison of financial returns from sustainable indexes vis-à-vis conventional indexes, causing investors' dilemma. These questions loom larger during the times of global crises, such as COVID-19, which have brought sustainability concerns to the limelight. This dilemma of the investors leads us to approach the study on hand. We study the Thomson Reuters/S-Network global indexes (as a proxy for sustainability-based indexes), and their corresponding alternatives, using the daily closing prices from 1st January 2011 to 29th June 2020. We apply the time-frequency-based Granger-Causality test, and further attempt to understand the coherence between these indexes before and during the COVID-19 period by using the Wavelet Coherence and phase-difference mechanisms. Our results suggest short-run uni-directional causality from sustainable indexes to conventional indexes whereas bi-directional causality in medium and the long-runs. The coherence is particularly stronger at low frequencies, indicating the long-run coherence with sustainable indexes in the lead during COVID-19. The results and conclusions of the study have important implications for different audiences. The portfolio and fund managers can prefer to invest in such markets to avail of higher returns over a longer period.
Gagan Deep Sharma; Aviral Kumar Tiwari; Gaurav Talan; Mansi Jain. Revisiting the sustainable versus conventional investment dilemma in COVID-19 times. Energy Policy 2021, 156, 112467 .
AMA StyleGagan Deep Sharma, Aviral Kumar Tiwari, Gaurav Talan, Mansi Jain. Revisiting the sustainable versus conventional investment dilemma in COVID-19 times. Energy Policy. 2021; 156 ():112467.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGagan Deep Sharma; Aviral Kumar Tiwari; Gaurav Talan; Mansi Jain. 2021. "Revisiting the sustainable versus conventional investment dilemma in COVID-19 times." Energy Policy 156, no. : 112467.
COVID-19 has slowed global economic growth and consequently impacted the environment as well. Parallelly, the environment also influences the transmission of this novel coronavirus through various factors. Every nation deals with varied population density and size; air quality and pollutants; the nature of land and water, which significantly impact the transmission of coronavirus. The WHO (Ziaeepour et al., 2008) [1] has recommended rapid reviews to provide timely evidence to the policymakers to respond to the emergency. The present study follows a rapid review along with a brief bibliometric analysis of 328 research papers, which synthesizes the evidence regarding the environmental concerns of COVID-19. The novel contribution of this rapid review is threefold. One, we take stock of the diverse findings as regards the transmission of the novel coronavirus in different types of environments for providing conclusive directions to the ongoing debate regarding the transmission of the virus. Two, our findings provide topical insights as well as methodological guidance for future researchers in the field. Three, we inform the policymakers on the efficacy of environmental measures for controlling the spread of COVID-19.
Gagan Deep Sharma; Aviral Kumar Tiwari; Mansi Jain; Anshita Yadav; Mrinalini Srivastava. COVID-19 and environmental concerns: A rapid review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2021, 148, 111239 -111239.
AMA StyleGagan Deep Sharma, Aviral Kumar Tiwari, Mansi Jain, Anshita Yadav, Mrinalini Srivastava. COVID-19 and environmental concerns: A rapid review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 2021; 148 ():111239-111239.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGagan Deep Sharma; Aviral Kumar Tiwari; Mansi Jain; Anshita Yadav; Mrinalini Srivastava. 2021. "COVID-19 and environmental concerns: A rapid review." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 148, no. : 111239-111239.
COVID-19 pandemic has brought significant and multiple challenges for SMEs. While SMEs have traditionally faced financial and non-financial crises, the pandemic has brought about additional uncertainties on how to maintain business continuity. The purpose of this paper is to examine how SMEs can mitigate against COVID-19-related crisis by examining the impacts that the pandemic has had on them through a review of 34 articles. The thematic analysis from the literature covered three overarching and inter-related challenges including (i) cost and finance-related challenges, (ii) disruption of activities, and (iii) existential difficulties. The paper’s value lies in addressing the gap between the espoused literature’s claim of the beneficial impact of new technological advancements and SMEs’ ability to survive in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The additional value of this paper is a framework of recommendations to help enhance SMEs’ resilience and responsiveness in the context of COVID-19. These recommendations include collaboration, openness, taking advantage of opportunities/victory, and durability.
Ambika Zutshi; John Mendy; Gagan Sharma; Asha Thomas; Tapan Sarker. From Challenges to Creativity: Enhancing SMEs’ Resilience in the Context of COVID-19. Sustainability 2021, 13, 6542 .
AMA StyleAmbika Zutshi, John Mendy, Gagan Sharma, Asha Thomas, Tapan Sarker. From Challenges to Creativity: Enhancing SMEs’ Resilience in the Context of COVID-19. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (12):6542.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAmbika Zutshi; John Mendy; Gagan Sharma; Asha Thomas; Tapan Sarker. 2021. "From Challenges to Creativity: Enhancing SMEs’ Resilience in the Context of COVID-19." Sustainability 13, no. 12: 6542.
The literature on energy-growth nexus has consistently stated that economic development, which leads to environmental degradation in its early stages, is the only way to ensure environmental sustainability. The paper examines the interrelationships between the performance on sustainability indicators and economic growth in European Union. The data for sustainability indicators such as human development index, financial development index, urban population, renewable energy consumption, non-renewable energy consumption, ecological footprints, carbon emissions, and economic growth indicator that is gross domestic product are analyzed for 27 EU countries. The study employs Arellano-Bond dynamic panel data estimation, system dynamic panel data estimation, and Augmented Mean Group model. The results show a two-way positive relationship between economic growth and non-renewable energy and a two-way negative relationship between economic growth and renewable energy. Besides, ecological footprint, non-renewable energy consumption, and carbon emissions are shown to positively impact economic growth. In contrast, renewable energy consumption is shown to negatively impact economic growth. The results reveal explain the reasoning for unimpressive performance of Europe on the front of climate action, and average performance on clean energy, notwithstanding reasonable economic growth. The novelty of the study lies in finding out that the shift towards renewable energy may not seem economically viable in the short-run, but after a point of time, renewable energy consumption is bound to positively impact the economic growth in line with the Environmental Kuznets Curve.
Gagan Deep Sharma; Aviral Kumar Tiwari; Burak Erkut; Hardeep Singh Mundi. Exploring the nexus between non-renewable and renewable energy consumptions and economic development: Evidence from panel estimations. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2021, 146, 111152 .
AMA StyleGagan Deep Sharma, Aviral Kumar Tiwari, Burak Erkut, Hardeep Singh Mundi. Exploring the nexus between non-renewable and renewable energy consumptions and economic development: Evidence from panel estimations. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 2021; 146 ():111152.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGagan Deep Sharma; Aviral Kumar Tiwari; Burak Erkut; Hardeep Singh Mundi. 2021. "Exploring the nexus between non-renewable and renewable energy consumptions and economic development: Evidence from panel estimations." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 146, no. : 111152.
This paper examines the nexus between the Covid-19 confirmed cases, deaths, meteorological factors, including an air pollutant among the world’s top 10 infected countries, from 1 February 2020 through 30 June 2020, using advanced econometric techniques to address heterogeneity across the nations. The findings of the study suggest that there exists a strong cross-sectional dependence between Covid-19 cases, deaths, and all the meteorological factors for the countries under study. The findings also reveal that a long-term relationship exists between all the meteorological factors. There exists a bi-directional causality running between the Covid-19 cases and all the meteorological factors. With Covid-19 death cases as the dependent variable, there exists bi-directional causality running between the Covid-19 death cases and Covid-19 confirmed cases, air pressure, humidity, and temperature. Temperature and air pressure exhibit a statistically significant and negative impact on the Covid-19 confirmed cases. Air pollutant PM2.5 also exhibits a significant but positive impact on the Covid-19 confirmed cases. Temperature indicates a statistically significant and negative impact on the Covid-19 death cases. At the same time, Covid-19 confirmed cases and air pollutant PM2.5 exhibit a statistically significant and positive impact on the Covid-19 death cases across the ten countries under study. Hence, it is possible to postulate that cool and dry weather conditions with lower temperatures may promote indoor activities and human gatherings (assembling), leading to virus transmission. This study contributes both practically and theoretically to the concerned field of pandemic management. Our results assist in taking appropriate measures in implementing intersectoral policies and actions as necessary in a timely and efficient manner. Causal relations of Meteorological factors and Covid-19 (2 models used in the study)
Gagan Deep Sharma; Sanchita Bansal; Anshita Yadav; Mansi Jain; Isha Garg. Meteorological factors, COVID-19 cases, and deaths in top 10 most affected countries: an econometric investigation. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2021, 28, 28624 -28639.
AMA StyleGagan Deep Sharma, Sanchita Bansal, Anshita Yadav, Mansi Jain, Isha Garg. Meteorological factors, COVID-19 cases, and deaths in top 10 most affected countries: an econometric investigation. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2021; 28 (22):28624-28639.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGagan Deep Sharma; Sanchita Bansal; Anshita Yadav; Mansi Jain; Isha Garg. 2021. "Meteorological factors, COVID-19 cases, and deaths in top 10 most affected countries: an econometric investigation." Environmental Science and Pollution Research 28, no. 22: 28624-28639.
The pandemic has affected almost 74 million people worldwide as of 17 December 2020. This is the first study that attempts to examine the nexus between the confirmed COVID-19 cases, deaths, meteorological factors, and the air pollutant namely PM2.5 in six South Asian countries, from 1 March 2020 to 30 June 2020, using the advanced econometric techniques that are robust to heterogeneity across nations. Our findings confirm (1) a strong cross-sectional dependence and significant correlation between COVID-19 cases, deaths, meteorological factors, and air pollutant; (2) long-term relationship between all the meteorological variables, air pollutant, and COVID-19 death cases; (3) temperature, air pressure, and humidity exhibit a significant impact on the COVID-19 confirmed cases, while COVID-19 confirmed cases and air pollutant PM2.5 have a statistically significant impact on the COVID-19 death cases. In this way, the conclusion that high temperature and high humidity increase the transmission of the COVID-19 infections can also be applied to the regions with greater transmission rates, where the minimum temperature is mostly over 21 °C and humidity ranges around 80% for months. From the findings, it is evident that majority of the meteorological factors and air pollutant PM2.5 exhibit significant negative and positive effects on the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases and death cases in the six countries under study. Air pollutant PM 2.5 provides more particle surface for the virus to stick and get transported longer distances. Hence, higher particulate pollution levels in the air increase COVID-19 transmission in these six South Asian countries. This information is vital for the government and public health authorities in formulating relevant policies. The study contributes both practically and theoretically to the concerned field of pandemic management.
Mansi Jain; Gagan Deep Sharma; Meenu Goyal; Robin Kaushal; Monica Sethi. Econometric analysis of COVID-19 cases, deaths, and meteorological factors in South Asia. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2021, 28, 28518 -28534.
AMA StyleMansi Jain, Gagan Deep Sharma, Meenu Goyal, Robin Kaushal, Monica Sethi. Econometric analysis of COVID-19 cases, deaths, and meteorological factors in South Asia. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2021; 28 (22):28518-28534.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMansi Jain; Gagan Deep Sharma; Meenu Goyal; Robin Kaushal; Monica Sethi. 2021. "Econometric analysis of COVID-19 cases, deaths, and meteorological factors in South Asia." Environmental Science and Pollution Research 28, no. 22: 28518-28534.
Sustainable investment avenues provide an additional return (than just financial return) in terms of contribution towards sustainability and sustainable indexes. We examine if the investors who put their money in sustainable avenues need to forego a part of their financial return. For that purpose, we compare the conditional correlation and volatility behavior of sustainable indexes and typical indexes by applying the Dynamic Conditional Correlation – GARCH model. The study is based on secondary data of Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) (for conventional indexes) and Thomson Reuters indexes (as a proxy for sustainability-based indexes) using the daily closing values for a period of 5 years from January 2013 to December 2017. By concluding that the investors may switch to sustainable investment avenues without compromising on the front of return or risk, this study offers critical insight to the potential investors across developed and developing markets.
Gagan Deep Sharma; Gaurav Talan; Sanchita Bansal; Mansi Jain. Is there a cost for sustainable investments: evidence from dynamic conditional correlation. Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment 2021, 1 -21.
AMA StyleGagan Deep Sharma, Gaurav Talan, Sanchita Bansal, Mansi Jain. Is there a cost for sustainable investments: evidence from dynamic conditional correlation. Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment. 2021; ():1-21.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGagan Deep Sharma; Gaurav Talan; Sanchita Bansal; Mansi Jain. 2021. "Is there a cost for sustainable investments: evidence from dynamic conditional correlation." Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment , no. : 1-21.
This study investigates the impact of various economic, social and environmental indicators on economic growth in South Asian countries. Using the data throughout 1990–2017, a panel data estimation method is adopted with sophisticated econometric approaches. The obtained results indicate a long-term positive effect of biological capacity, financial development, human development index, income inequality on economic growth while the effect of energy use is the opposite. The findings of the study suggest that governments and associated bodies must promote financial development, human development, and biocapacity to not only attain economic growth in the long-run and but dissuade ecological footprint, and income inequality at the same time while matching the energy consumption with the bio-capacity of each economy.
Sanchita Bansal; Gagan Deep Sharma; Mohammad Mafizur Rahman; Anshita Yadav; Isha Garg. Nexus between environmental, social and economic development in South Asia: evidence from econometric models. Heliyon 2021, 7, e05965 .
AMA StyleSanchita Bansal, Gagan Deep Sharma, Mohammad Mafizur Rahman, Anshita Yadav, Isha Garg. Nexus between environmental, social and economic development in South Asia: evidence from econometric models. Heliyon. 2021; 7 (1):e05965.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSanchita Bansal; Gagan Deep Sharma; Mohammad Mafizur Rahman; Anshita Yadav; Isha Garg. 2021. "Nexus between environmental, social and economic development in South Asia: evidence from econometric models." Heliyon 7, no. 1: e05965.
The outbreak of COVID-19 has brought the world to an unprecedented position where financial and mental resources are drying up. Livelihoods are being lost, and it is becoming tough to save lives. These are the times to think of unprecedented solutions to the financial challenges being faced. Artificial intelligence (AI) has provided a fresh approach to finance through its implementation in the prediction of financial market prices by promising more generalizable results for stock market forecasting. Immense literature has attempted to apply AI and machine learning for predicting stock market returns and volatilities. The research on the applications of AI in finance lacks a consolidated overview of different research directions, findings, methodological approaches, and contributions. Therefore, there is a need to consolidate the extant literature in this upcoming field to consolidate the findings, identify the research gaps in the existing literature, and set a research agenda for future researchers. This paper addresses this need by synthesizing the extant literature in the form of a systematic review for addressing the use of AI in stock market predictions and interpreting the results in a narrative review. The gap formed through this article is the use of a combination of AI as a subject with the neural network as another area and stock market forecasting as another theme, and it will pave the way for future research studies. The analyses help highlight four important gaps in the existing literature on the subject.
Gagan Deep Sharma; Burak Erkut; Mansi Jain; Tuğberk Kaya; Mandeep Mahendru; Mrinalini Srivastava; Raminder Singh Uppal; Sanjeet Singh. Sailing through the COVID-19 Crisis by Using AI for Financial Market Predictions. Mathematical Problems in Engineering 2020, 2020, 1 -18.
AMA StyleGagan Deep Sharma, Burak Erkut, Mansi Jain, Tuğberk Kaya, Mandeep Mahendru, Mrinalini Srivastava, Raminder Singh Uppal, Sanjeet Singh. Sailing through the COVID-19 Crisis by Using AI for Financial Market Predictions. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2020; 2020 ():1-18.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGagan Deep Sharma; Burak Erkut; Mansi Jain; Tuğberk Kaya; Mandeep Mahendru; Mrinalini Srivastava; Raminder Singh Uppal; Sanjeet Singh. 2020. "Sailing through the COVID-19 Crisis by Using AI for Financial Market Predictions." Mathematical Problems in Engineering 2020, no. : 1-18.
The outbreak of COVID-19 has spread to the entire world and is severely affecting social psychology. We conducted semi-structured interviews on 59 subjects from India to investigate the impact of information, misinfodemics (spread of wrong information), and isolation on their psychology. We perform qualitative analysis on the data. Our findings reveal that flow of information leads to anxiety, caution, and knowledge; while misinfodemics cause panic, distrust, and confusion; and isolation creates cognitive dissonance (the state of having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs, or attitudes) and adaptability among masses. The encouraging part of our findings is that, as of now, the situation is far from the state of depression. Practically, our research calls upon the government to support the masses in fighting through the crisis by focusing on pointed psychological counseling. We contribute theoretically to the body of knowledge in the field of social psychology, which is studying the psychological interventions to avoid panic amid pandemic. Future researchers in the area would do well by detailing the psychological interventions required to contain the negative impacts of the pandemic on social psychology.
Gagan Deep Sharma; Amarpreet Singh Ghura; Mandeep Mahendru; Burak Erkut; Tavleen Kaur; Deepali Bedi. Panic During COVID-19 Pandemic! A Qualitative Investigation Into the Psychosocial Experiences of a Sample of Indian People. Frontiers in Psychology 2020, 11, 575491 .
AMA StyleGagan Deep Sharma, Amarpreet Singh Ghura, Mandeep Mahendru, Burak Erkut, Tavleen Kaur, Deepali Bedi. Panic During COVID-19 Pandemic! A Qualitative Investigation Into the Psychosocial Experiences of a Sample of Indian People. Frontiers in Psychology. 2020; 11 ():575491.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGagan Deep Sharma; Amarpreet Singh Ghura; Mandeep Mahendru; Burak Erkut; Tavleen Kaur; Deepali Bedi. 2020. "Panic During COVID-19 Pandemic! A Qualitative Investigation Into the Psychosocial Experiences of a Sample of Indian People." Frontiers in Psychology 11, no. : 575491.
Research on financial well‐being is still in its nascent stage, despite being an important topic in consumer research. Research on the antecedents of financial well‐being is even more limited. Using in‐depth interviews with consumers and practitioners, and expert discussions, this article conceptualizes the construct of financial well‐being from underdeveloped countries' perspective. We conceive financial well‐being as a confluence of four situations—namely, meeting present and future financial commitments; feeling of financial security; freedom of choice; and improved quality of life. Our findings reveal that the objective and subjective financial measures are critical predictors of consumers' financial well‐being. Financial behavior, which is caused by antecedents such as financial knowledge, personality traits, and mindful finance, intervenes this relationship. Based on this analysis, we propose five propositions concerning antecedent‐based interventions for future scholarship in the field. The paper suggests a theoretical framework illustrating behavioral interventions in a given socio‐economic environment to achieve financial well‐being. Our results pave the way for the advancement of the theory in financial‐well being and its antecedents in different socio‐economic environments. The managerial contribution of this study lies in informing the marketers to contextualize their strategies to the financial well‐being. We also inform the macroeconomic policymakers to design behavioral interventions to improve the financial well‐being.
Mandeep Mahendru; Gagan Deep Sharma; Marta Hawkins. Toward a new conceptualization of financial well‐being. Journal of Public Affairs 2020, 1 .
AMA StyleMandeep Mahendru, Gagan Deep Sharma, Marta Hawkins. Toward a new conceptualization of financial well‐being. Journal of Public Affairs. 2020; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMandeep Mahendru; Gagan Deep Sharma; Marta Hawkins. 2020. "Toward a new conceptualization of financial well‐being." Journal of Public Affairs , no. : 1.
The recent COVID‐19 pandemic has not only resulted in the loss of human lives but also distressed economies. The impact of this crisis is even higher in emerging economies like India due to already slowing growth rates, poor health infrastructure, and a significant population living in extreme poverty. While the government is taking measures to handle this crisis, nobody can be sure if these measures are adequate, as this will depend on how soon the spread of the virus is contained in the country. However, understanding the depth of the impact of COVID‐19 pandemic on the Indian economy is vital to formulate the policy and measures to contain this economic impact. This paper attempts to understand the impact of COVID‐19 pandemic on the Indian economy by employing a qualitative research design, based on sentiment analysis to understand 15 industry experts' opinion concerning the socio‐economic impact of COVID‐19. The study makes a theoretical as well as applied contribution to the field of study. While theoretically, it contributes to the field of pandemic research, public health management, and disaster management; in an applied sense, we propose a set of measures for the policymakers based out in India, as well as in other emerging nations of the world.
Gagan Deep Sharma; Gaurav Talan; Mansi Jain. Policy response to the economic challenge from COVID ‐19 in India: A qualitative enquiry. Journal of Public Affairs 2020, 1 .
AMA StyleGagan Deep Sharma, Gaurav Talan, Mansi Jain. Policy response to the economic challenge from COVID ‐19 in India: A qualitative enquiry. Journal of Public Affairs. 2020; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGagan Deep Sharma; Gaurav Talan; Mansi Jain. 2020. "Policy response to the economic challenge from COVID ‐19 in India: A qualitative enquiry." Journal of Public Affairs , no. : 1.
Foreign direct investment (FDI) and the consumption of non-renewable energy have been on the increase in the coastal Mediterranean countries (CMCs) over the last few decades. Both trigger growth, but the environmental impact could be far-reaching as environmental distortions are mainly human-induced. This study examines the environmental issues facing CMCs. Specifically, we investigate whether the pollution haven hypothesis holds for CMCs. We employ a quantile panel data analysis for CMCs to account for heterogeneity and distributional effects of socioeconomic factors. The result reveals that the influence of FDI on environmental degradation is a function of the indicators utilized and also depends on the initial levels of environmental degradation. The results suggest that the pollution haven hypothesis does not hold for CMCs. However, we also find that energy consumption significantly increases environmental degradation for all indicators and across the observed quantiles. The effects of economic growth and urbanization on the environment were mixed for the different indicators and across quantiles. We recommend that it is pertinent for CMCs to limit their “dirty” energy sources and substitute them with renewables to promote environmental sustainability.
Solomon Nathaniel; Ekene Aguegboh; Chimere Iheonu; Gagan Sharma; Muhammad Shah. Energy consumption, FDI, and urbanization linkage in coastal Mediterranean countries: re-assessing the pollution haven hypothesis. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2020, 27, 1 -14.
AMA StyleSolomon Nathaniel, Ekene Aguegboh, Chimere Iheonu, Gagan Sharma, Muhammad Shah. Energy consumption, FDI, and urbanization linkage in coastal Mediterranean countries: re-assessing the pollution haven hypothesis. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2020; 27 (28):1-14.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSolomon Nathaniel; Ekene Aguegboh; Chimere Iheonu; Gagan Sharma; Muhammad Shah. 2020. "Energy consumption, FDI, and urbanization linkage in coastal Mediterranean countries: re-assessing the pollution haven hypothesis." Environmental Science and Pollution Research 27, no. 28: 1-14.
Purpose Neuroeconomics and neurofinance are emerging as intriguing fields of research, despite sharing ambiguity with the concepts of neuroscience. The relationship among the concepts of economics, finance and neuroscience is not explicitly defined in the past literature, which distorts the use of neuroeconomics and neurofinance approaches in real-world practice for financial decision-making. The purpose of this paper is to consolidate the literature in the field of neuroeconomics and neurofinance to set up the research agenda for the upcoming scholarship in the field. Design/methodology/approach The purpose of this paper is to consolidates the extant literature in the fields of neuroeconomics and neurofinance by conducting an extensive systematic literature review to investigate the current state and define the relationship between economics, finance and neuroscience. Findings This paper identifies and explains the explicit relationship between different sub-fields of neuroscience with neuroeconomics and neurofinance and providing instances for future research studies. Originality/value The exclusive and extensive literature survey in the form of systematic literature review is undertaken for understanding the fields of neuroeconomics and neurofinance and is the key highlight of this paper. Another, interesting fact lies with matching the literature in neuroeconomics and neurofinance with further sub-fields of neuroscience such as neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, molecular neuroscience and cognitive neuroscience.
Mrinalini Srivastava; Gagan Deep Sharma; Achal Kumar Srivastava; S. Senthil Kumaran. What’s in the brain for us: a systematic literature review of neuroeconomics and neurofinance. Qualitative Research in Financial Markets 2020, 12, 413 -435.
AMA StyleMrinalini Srivastava, Gagan Deep Sharma, Achal Kumar Srivastava, S. Senthil Kumaran. What’s in the brain for us: a systematic literature review of neuroeconomics and neurofinance. Qualitative Research in Financial Markets. 2020; 12 (4):413-435.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMrinalini Srivastava; Gagan Deep Sharma; Achal Kumar Srivastava; S. Senthil Kumaran. 2020. "What’s in the brain for us: a systematic literature review of neuroeconomics and neurofinance." Qualitative Research in Financial Markets 12, no. 4: 413-435.
The Covid‐19 epidemic is a public health emergency of international concern. It poses a massive risk for the human race across the planet, calling for the need to take measures at the local, regional, national, and global levels. South Asian countries stand more vulnerable to the pandemic due to their dense population, poor infrastructure, and low surveillance system. This paper aims to understand the challenges from the Covid‐19 pandemic for South Asia; and investigates the strategic and operational responses to this pandemic by policymakers and healthcare professionals, respectively, in South Asia. The study uses interviews and opinions of policymakers and doctors, from the South Asian region, involved in tackling the Covid‐19 crisis. The qualitative analysis is performed on these interviews and opinions by using NVivo 12 software. The findings indicate that policymakers and healthcare providers across South Asia have been showing efficient teamwork while dealing with this pandemic. The healthcare administrators being at the operational level, convey the challenges they face to the policymakers who then respond to them at a strategic level.
Gagan Deep Sharma; Gaurav Talan; Mrinalini Srivastava; Anshita Yadav; Ritika Chopra. A qualitative enquiry into strategic and operational responses to Covid‐19 challenges in South Asia. Journal of Public Affairs 2020, 1 .
AMA StyleGagan Deep Sharma, Gaurav Talan, Mrinalini Srivastava, Anshita Yadav, Ritika Chopra. A qualitative enquiry into strategic and operational responses to Covid‐19 challenges in South Asia. Journal of Public Affairs. 2020; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGagan Deep Sharma; Gaurav Talan; Mrinalini Srivastava; Anshita Yadav; Ritika Chopra. 2020. "A qualitative enquiry into strategic and operational responses to Covid‐19 challenges in South Asia." Journal of Public Affairs , no. : 1.
India is the second most populous country of the world, counted among the most rapidly growing economies of the world. Realizing that a fast spread of COVID19 in India would wipe-out a huge part of the world population, the government of India found itself in a dilemma of whether to save lives or livelihoods. Prioritizing lives for livelihood, the government announced to lockdown the country. This measure is supposed to leave a lasting impact on the economy of the country, which is evident from a cut in the GDP growth forecast by Moody’s (from 5.3 per cent to 2.5 per cent for calendar year 2020) within ten days of the earlier projection. This article suggests measures to the government of India to balance between saving lives and sustaining the economy.
Gagan Deep Sharma; Mandeep Mahendru. Lives or livelihood: Insights from locked-down India due to COVID19. Social Sciences & Humanities Open 2020, 2, 100036 .
AMA StyleGagan Deep Sharma, Mandeep Mahendru. Lives or livelihood: Insights from locked-down India due to COVID19. Social Sciences & Humanities Open. 2020; 2 (1):100036.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGagan Deep Sharma; Mandeep Mahendru. 2020. "Lives or livelihood: Insights from locked-down India due to COVID19." Social Sciences & Humanities Open 2, no. 1: 100036.
The development of every economic sector is significantly affected by information and communication technology (ICT), especially during the liberalization process. Though several studies have focused on economy–environment–financial development nexus, yet very limited literature has highlighted the impact of ICT on the relationship between economic growth, energy consumption, and financial development. We address this gap in the existing literature by investigating the nexus between ICT, energy consumption, and economic growth for a panel of 10 emerging and developing Asian countries selected on the bases of the highest current gross domestic product price (in US dollars), for a span of 17 years ranging from 2000 to 2017. Unlike the previous studies, this study employs the advanced econometric techniques that are robust to heterogeneities across nations and have proven to produce more reliable and efficient results. Our findings opine a bidirectional causality between ICT, energy consumption, and economic growth. Additionally, internet and mobile cellular subscriptions have a positive impact on economic growth, while energy consumption report negative impact, and the results for medium and high technological export reveals an insignificant impact on the economic growth of the 10 countries under study. Overall, the results are consistent for all the countries analyzed in this empirical study. The study provides valuable policy lessons to adopt ICT‐enabled technologies that will bring innovative changes and further lead to increased economic growth. It is recommended that the government must promote green ICT technology and enhance the technological industry that shall lead to higher productivity and sustainable development.
Gagan Deep Sharma; Mohammad Mafizur Rahman; Mansi Jain; Ritika Chopra. Nexus between energy consumption, information and communications technology, and economic growth: An enquiry into emerging Asian countries. Journal of Public Affairs 2020, 21, 1 .
AMA StyleGagan Deep Sharma, Mohammad Mafizur Rahman, Mansi Jain, Ritika Chopra. Nexus between energy consumption, information and communications technology, and economic growth: An enquiry into emerging Asian countries. Journal of Public Affairs. 2020; 21 (2):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGagan Deep Sharma; Mohammad Mafizur Rahman; Mansi Jain; Ritika Chopra. 2020. "Nexus between energy consumption, information and communications technology, and economic growth: An enquiry into emerging Asian countries." Journal of Public Affairs 21, no. 2: 1.
Emerging economies are mostly plague by a massive consumption of non-renewable energy amidst an ever inceasing urbanization rate with little or no attention to the quality of the environmental. As such, this paper investigates the relationship between renewable energy, urbanization, economic growth, trade openness, and ecological footprint in CIVETS countries, namely, Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey, and South Africa. The study employs augmented mean group estimator, panel cointegration, and causality tests. The findings reveal that renewable energy improves environmental quality, and trade is not particularly harmful to the environment. However, non-renewable energy consumption and urbanization are the chief contributors to environmental degradation in the CIVETS countries. Economic expansion mitigates environmental deterioration in Colombia, South Africa, and Turkey, but contributes to pollution in Egypt, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Finally, the causality test suggests that urbanization drives environmental degradation. Policy directions are discussed.
Solomon Nathaniel; Ozoemena Nwodo; Gagan Sharma; Muhammad Shah. Renewable energy, urbanization, and ecological footprint linkage in CIVETS. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2020, 27, 19616 -19629.
AMA StyleSolomon Nathaniel, Ozoemena Nwodo, Gagan Sharma, Muhammad Shah. Renewable energy, urbanization, and ecological footprint linkage in CIVETS. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2020; 27 (16):19616-19629.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSolomon Nathaniel; Ozoemena Nwodo; Gagan Sharma; Muhammad Shah. 2020. "Renewable energy, urbanization, and ecological footprint linkage in CIVETS." Environmental Science and Pollution Research 27, no. 16: 19616-19629.
The paper provides an overview of how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is applied in different government sectors. Our methodology is based on a systematic review of 74 papers retrieved from Web of Science and Scopus databases. We find that the extant literature is less focussed on healthcare, ICT, education, social and cultural services, and fashion sector; while ignoring the practical implementation of AI in these sectors. We present an organizing framework stating different areas related to governance and throws light on research gaps in the extant literature that can be further worked upon for promoting the research in digital governance.
Gagan Deep Sharma; Anshita Yadav; Ritika Chopra. Artificial intelligence and effective governance: A review, critique and research agenda. Sustainable Futures 2020, 2, 100004 .
AMA StyleGagan Deep Sharma, Anshita Yadav, Ritika Chopra. Artificial intelligence and effective governance: A review, critique and research agenda. Sustainable Futures. 2020; 2 ():100004.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGagan Deep Sharma; Anshita Yadav; Ritika Chopra. 2020. "Artificial intelligence and effective governance: A review, critique and research agenda." Sustainable Futures 2, no. : 100004.