Does digital transformation contribute to reducing pollution? Insights from European OECD countries
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Digital advancement is a key pillar of economic development that, through effective harmonization, can contibute to a sustainable future. Accordingly, this paper uses the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach to study digital transformation’s long-run impact on environmental pollution. On the one hand, we find that digital transformation significantly reduces pollution, a result that holds for a wide set of robustness tests. On the other hand, the findings unveil heterogeneities with respect to digitalization components and countries’ structural characteristics. Overall, while these findings support the crucial role of digitalization in promoting sustainable growth, special focus should be directed to those components that are more likely to harm the environment.
Author: Alexandra-Anca Purcel
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4405379366