Circular Economy and Sustainable Models
- 12 September 2025
- book chapter
- Published by IGI Global Scientific Publishing
- p. 1-34
Abstract
Recently, sustainability has become a topmost priority agenda for policy analysts, and the globe has compelled all stakeholders to work jointly on sustainability issues. The present study focuses on circular economy (energy recovery from wastage), recycling technology, economic complexity index, urban population, green energy, and green finance as environmental determinants for 10 selected OECD economies covering the period of 2011-2022. In order to investigate the study's objective, it utilizes the fully modified ordinary least square (FMOLS), dynamic ordinary least square (DOLS), and instrumental variables two-stages least square (IV-2SLS). Resultantly, outcomes show a decline in emissions except for the economic complexity index. Moreover, the mediating effect of green finance on green energy shows a positive and significant role in deteriorating sustainability. Besides, the mediating effect of green finance on recycling technology & circular economy brings a negative but insignificant association with emissions level. Green implications are suggested to be cleaned shortly.Keywords
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