Quantitative Methods in Finance: Exploring the Drivers of Sustainable Economic Growth in the EU (Sustainable Finance)

Introduction
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter 1: Related Literature: Focus on Sustainable Economic Growth
	1.1 An Overview of the Social Drivers of Sustainable Economic Growth
		1.1.1 The Impact of Health on Sustainable Economic Growth
		1.1.2 The Contribution of Education and Innovation to Sustainable Economic Growth
		1.1.3 The Influence of Wealth Inequality and Poverty on Sustainable Economic Growth
		1.1.4 The Relationship Between Governance and Sustainable Economic Growth
	1.2 Insights into the Environmental Drivers of Sustainable Economic Growth
		1.2.1 The Impact of Renewable and Non-renewable Energy on Sustainable Economic Growth
		1.2.2 The Nexus Between Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Sustainable Economic Growth
	1.3 Summary
	References
Chapter 2: A Panel Data Regression Approach Towards the Drivers of Sustainable Economic Growth
	2.1 Empirical Research Framework
		2.1.1 Sample and Variables
		2.1.2 Econometric Specifications
	2.2 Quantitative Findings
		2.2.1 Summary Statistics and Correlation Analysis
		2.2.2 Fixed Effects Regression Estimation Results
		2.2.3 GMM Regression Estimation Results
	2.3 Summary
	References
Chapter 3: A Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) Approach
	3.1 Quantitative Methodology
		3.1.1 Panel Unit Root Tests
		3.1.2 Panel Cointegration
		3.1.3 Panel Long-Run Estimators
		3.1.4 Causality Testing
	3.2 Unit-Root Examination
	3.3 Cointegration Analysis
	3.4 Exploring Short-Run and Long-Run Causality
	3.5 Investigating Impulse Response Functions
	3.6 Variance Decomposition
	3.7 Summary
	References
Chapter 4: A Principal Component Analysis Approach Towards Assessing Sustainable Economic Growth
	4.1 Earlier Literature Towards Development of a Sustainability Assessment Index
	4.2 Principal Component Analysis Framework
	4.3 The Outcomes of Principal Component Analysis
	4.4 A Regression Approach Towards the Impact of Global Sustainability Index on Sustainable Economic Growth
	4.5 Summary
	References
Chapter 5: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach Towards Evaluating Sustainable Economic Growth
	5.1 A Literature Review of Sustainable Development with Data Envelopment Analysis
	5.2 Methodology of Data Envelopment Analysis
	5.3 Data Envelopment Analysis Findings
	5.4 Summary
	References
Chapter 6: A Cluster Analysis Towards Exploring Sustainable Economic Growth
	6.1 Earlier Literature on Cluster Analysis for Assessing Sustainable Economic Growth
	6.2 Cluster Analysis Methodology
	6.3 Clustering Results
	References
Appendices
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