RESEARCHER PROFILE

Rafael Alvarado

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Universidad Espíritu Santo

Energy, Environment, Economic GrowthClimate Change Policy and EconomicsEnvironmental Impact and SustainabilitySustainable Development and Environmental PolicyEnergy and Environmental Sustainability

Rafael Alvarado works in Energy, Environment, Economic Growth, Climate Change Policy and Economics, Environmental Impact and Sustainability, Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy, Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Recorded institutional associations include Universidad Espíritu Santo, Universidad Nacional de Loja.

172Publications
9,912Citations
56H-index

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Selected research works

Up to 100 highly cited works; DOI links open the original research. Counts reflect the collected record, not real-time citation totals.

  1. Analyze the environmental sustainability factors of China: The role of fossil fuel energy and renewable energy

    2022 · 848 citations
  2. Energy efficiency and sustainable development goals (SDGs)

    2021 · 611 citations
  3. Interplay between technological innovation and environmental quality: Formulating the SDG policies for next 11 economies

    2019 · 468 citations
  4. Ecological footprint, economic complexity and natural resources rents in Latin America: Empirical evidence using quantile regressions

    2021 · 372 citations
  5. Environmental concerns in the United States: Can renewable energy, fossil fuel energy, and natural resources depletion help?

    2023 · 245 citations
  6. Foreign direct investment and economic growth in Latin America

    2017 · 234 citations
  7. Globalization and renewable energy use: how are they contributing to upsurge the CO2 emissions? A global perspective

    2022 · 223 citations
  8. The increases and decreases of the environment Kuznets curve (EKC) for 8 OECD countries

    2021 · 198 citations
  9. Do economic development and human capital decrease non-renewable energy consumption? Evidence for OECD countries

    2020 · 197 citations
  10. Renewable energy, climate policy uncertainty, industrial production, domestic exports/re-exports, and CO2 emissions in the USA: A SVAR approach

    2023 · 196 citations
  11. RETRACTED ARTICLE: Impact of renewable energy consumption, financial development and natural resources on environmental degradation in OECD countries with dynamic panel data

    2021 · 184 citations
  12. Variations in technical efficiency of farmers with distinct land size across agro-climatic zones: Evidence from India

    2021 · 180 citations
  13. Environmental degradation and economic growth: evidence for a developing country

    2016 · 172 citations
  14. Assessing the nexus between human capital, green energy, and load capacity factor: Policymaking for achieving sustainable development goals

    2023 · 171 citations
  15. Do natural resources, economic growth, human capital, and urbanization affect the ecological footprint? A modified dynamic ARDL and KRLS approach

    2022 · 155 citations
  16. Environmental degradation and real per capita output: New evidence at the global level grouping countries by income levels

    2018 · 151 citations
  17. Transport infrastructure, economic growth, and transport CO2 emissions nexus: Does green energy consumption in the transport sector matter?

    2023 · 139 citations
  18. Towards the dream of go green: An empirical importance of green innovation and financial depth for environmental neutrality in world's top 10 greenest economies

    2023 · 130 citations
  19. Convergence analysis of the ecological footprint: theory and empirical evidence from the USMCA countries

    2021 · 128 citations
  20. Renewable energy, economic freedom and economic policy uncertainty: New evidence from a dynamic panel threshold analysis for the G-7 and BRIC countries

    2023 · 121 citations
  21. Smart IoT and Machine Learning-based Framework for Water Quality Assessment and Device Component Monitoring

    2022 · 118 citations
  22. Ecological footprint, air quality and research and development: The role of agriculture and international trade

    2020 · 112 citations
  23. Towards environmental sustainability in E−7 countries: Assessing the roles of natural resources, economic growth, country risk, and energy transition

    2023 · 110 citations
  24. Financial development, resource richness, eco-innovation, and sustainable development: Does geopolitical risk matter?

    2023 · 110 citations
  25. Mitigating energy production-based carbon dioxide emissions in Argentina: the roles of renewable energy and economic globalization

    2021 · 109 citations

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