Christopher Amechi Ofozor

• PhD(Economics)
• Universiti Putra Malaysia

This empirical study investigates the impact of deforestation on energy security in sub-Saharan Africa. To achieve this, we explored the intricate dynamics between deforestation, key energy security indicators, and socio-economic factors in sub-Saharan Africa. We employed a comprehensive dataset and analysed it with system GMM methodology and diffe...

Using time series data from 1981 to 2015, this study examines the impact of poverty, population density, and trade openness on deforestation in Nigeria, and it tests the presence of the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis. The results of an autoregressive and distributed lag (ARDL) bounds testing approach to cointegration indicate that pov...

This study investigates the effect of wood biomass energy consumption on CO2 emissions in 27 European Union (EU) member countries for the 1990–2017 period. Applying panel dynamic ordinary least squares (DOLS), the results revealed that CO2 emissions decline with an increase in wood biomass energy consumption. While fossil fuel, GDP per capita and t...

This research paper evaluates the effect of income, energy consumption and population on deforestation for environmental degradation in Nigeria. To achieve this objective, a cointegration analysis was used to verify the long-run relationship among the variables, with a dataset spanning from 1981 to 2011. The estimates of income provide evidence of...

This research paper evaluates the effect of income, energy consumption and population on deforestation for environmental degradation in Nigeria. To achieve this objective, a cointegration analysis was used to verify the long-run relationship among the variables, with a dataset spanning from 1981 to 2011. The estimates of income provide evidence of...