Exploring the Roles of Renewable Energy, Education Spending, and CO2 Emissions towards Health Spending in South Asian Countries

This research is mainly aimed at determining the effect of renewable energy (RE), education expenditures, and CO2 emissions on health expenditures in selected South Asian countries. There an insufficient number studies that investigate linkages between (HE) study combined RE gross domestic product (GDP) to identify their spending. We utilized annual data 1990–2018, applied FMOLS DOLS estimators over panel five According long-run results, GDP, RE, are negatively associated with expenditures. suggests puts less pressure environmental quality, which leads spending countries studied. The empirical results also show HE positively significantly related, implies increase increases financial burden various countries’ sector. study, therefore, recommends usage sources improve public help lower To achieve sustainable development, it important investment educational sector