ABSTRACT

As much as the importance of designing sustainable environmental policies, consideration of their probable effects is also crucial to foresee whether or not they may create desired changes. To this end, following more robust and current methodologies, Lagrange multiplier (LM) and residual augmented least-square LM (RALS-LM) approaches, this study investigates whether policy shocks to ecological footprints of Mediterranean countries have a permanent and temporary effect on the pathway of a sustainable environment. Results point out that a stricter policy stance should be required to generate permanent desired changes in the environment and achieve environmental sustainability.

摘要

与设计可持续环境政策的重要性一样，考虑其可能产生的影响对于预测它们是否会产生预期的变化也至关重要。为此，本研究采用更稳健和当前的方法、拉格朗日乘数 (LM) 和残差增强最小二乘 LM (RALS-LM) 方法，调查对地中海国家生态足迹的政策冲击是否对可持续环境的途径。结果指出，应要求采取更严格的政策立场，以在环境中产生持久的预期变化并实现环境可持续性。