Evaluating 'natural resource curse' hypothesis under sustainable information technologies: A case study of Saudi Arabia

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作者
Anser, Muhammad Khalid [1 ]
Yousaf, Zahid [2 ]
Nassani, Abdelmohsen A. [3 ]
Xuan Vinh Vo [4 ,5 ]
Zaman, Khalid [4 ,6 ]
机构
[1] Xian Univ Architecture & Technol, Dept Publ Adm, Xian, Peoples R China
[2] Govt Coll Management Sci, Higher Educ Dept Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Abbottabad, Pakistan
[3] King Saud Univ, Coll Business Adm, Dept Management, POB 71115, Riyadh 11587, Saudi Arabia
[4] Univ Econ Ho Chi Minh City, Inst Business Res, 59C Nguyen Dinh Chieu St,Dist 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
[5] Univ Econ Ho Chi Minh City, CFVG Ho Chi Minh City, 59C Nguyen Dinh Chieu St,Dist 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
[6] Univ Wah, Dept Econ, Quaid Ave, Wah Cantt, Pakistan
关键词
Technology factors; Natural resource market; Carbon emissions; Fossil fuel combustion; Carbon pricing; Saudi's vision 2030; CARBON-DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; ECONOMIC-GROWTH; ENERGY-CONSUMPTION; WATER-RESOURCES; AIR-POLLUTION; CO2; EMISSIONS; DUTCH DISEASE; OIL; ICT; ABUNDANCE;
D O I
10.1016/j.resourpol.2020.101699
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
The role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in economic growth is widely documented in the scientific literature, while a relatively little attention is put on technology-embodied natural resource growth, energy demand and green development in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). This crucial issue needs fair assessment and analysis for country's long-term growth. The KSA' s Vision -2030 of resource conservation agenda focuses on utilization of its precious natural resources, which are going to become scarce due to their higher marginal productivity that surpassing the marginal productivity of factor inputs in terms of labor wages and return on investment. The country values its ICTs infrastructure and motivated to build strong technology hub for reducing resource extraction costs and carbon abatement costs. In a given scenario, the study examined the technology-driven natural resource growth hypothesis under multifaceted factors, including carbon pricing, financial and trade liberalization policies, industrial value added, ores and metal exports, and population density. The study analyzed a time series data for a period of 1970-2018 for robust inferences. The results show that computer communications, telephone-mobile subscriptions, and technical cooperation grants promote country's total natural resource rents at the cost of higher energy demand, which increases carbon emissions. The per capita income and population density increases energy demand in the country. The study established an inverted U-shaped relationship between country's per capita income and fossil fuel combustion during the given time period. The efficient use of ICTs factors helpful to reduce carbon emissions and fossil fuel combustions in carbon pricing model. The natural gas rents do not support country's economic growth, which substantiate the 'resource curse' hypothesis, while oil rents and forest rents exhibit a positive impact on country's economic growth to support 'resource blessing' hypothesis. The inter-temporal setting shows that mineral rents will negatively influence country's economic growth over a time horizon. Thus, the technology-driven natural resource growth is vital to reduce natural resource prices and carbon abatement costs, which is the forefront challenge for policy makers in proposing long-term e-sustainable policies in a country.
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