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Information and communication technologies, road freight transport, and environmental sustainability

  • Received July 18, 2020;
    Accepted September 29, 2020;
    Published October 19, 2020
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    Link to ORCID Index: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8214-5929
    Walid Chatti
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  • DOI
    http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ee.11(1).2020.11
  • Article Info
    Volume 11 2020, Issue #1, pp. 124-132
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Despite progress in reducing air pollutants in several countries, freight transport continues to have undesirable effects on environmental quality, human health, and the economy. Road freight transport, in particular, is associated with various negative externalities, including environmental and health damages, and the overexploitation of non-renewable natural resources. This paper investigates how ICTs interact with road freight transport to affect environmental quality regarding reducing CO2 emissions. The empirical strategy is focused on the yearly dataset from 2002 to 2014 in 43 countries. Using the two-step GMM techniques, the findings suggest that ICTs can decrease road freight transport’s negative impacts on environmental sustainability. Besides, the interactions of mobile phone and fixed telephone technologies with road freight transport are more efficient in reducing pollution than using internet networks. This paper underlines the importance of using ICTs to dampen road freight transport’s negative effects on environmental sustainability.

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  • Keywords
    CO2 emissions, environmental quality, GMM, ICT, transport
  • JEL Classification (Paper profile tab)
    O33, R41, Q53, Q56, C13
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    • Table 1. Variable definitions
    • Table 2. Summary statistics (2002–2014)
    • Table 3. Correlation matrix
    • Table 4. ICTs, road freight transport, and environmental sustainability
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