Korea University · Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Professor Mücahit Aydın's research lab focuses on the intersection of environmental sustainability, technological innovation, and economic policy, with a strong emphasis on climate change mitigation, clean energy transitions, and the environmental impacts of emerging technologies. The lab investigates key drivers of ecological sustainability, including green innovation, technological diffusion, nanotechnology, and environmental policy frameworks such as the Kyoto Protocol and the EU’s carbon neutrality goals. Research spans empirical analyses using advanced econometric methods—such as panel cointegration and frequency domain causality—across countries and regions, particularly in the European Union and G7 nations. The lab also examines the health and environmental consequences of pollution, including plastic waste and microplastics, linking them to public health outcomes and policy effectiveness.
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Abstract Today, when climate change and environmental degradation are experienced, environmental sustainability comes to the fore. The most important component of environmental sustainability is undoubtedly technology and innovation. This study examines the effects of clean energy consumption, green innovation, and technological diffusion on environmental sustainability from 1990 to 2018 in selected European Union countries. This relationship has been frequently examined in the literature within
This study investigates the relationship between nanotechnological innovations, renewable energy consumption, economic growth, and ecological footprint for G7 countries within the framework of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis. The study employs panel cointegration tests with structural breaks from 1990–2018. Nanotechnology is expected to reduce environmental degradation by increasing renewable energy consumption and energy saving. In this context, nanotechnological innovations ar
Factors such as investments in environmentally clean technologies, globalization, and institutional quality significantly increase environmental quality. The study aims to provide light on how environmental technologies, institutional quality, globalization, and economic growth affect a sustainable environment. In addition, this study evaluates the European Union's carbon zero target by 2050 and the results of achieving carbon neutrality by 2030, which was put on the agenda at the UN Climate Cha
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