Dr. Mahmood Ahmad is an Assistant Professor at Business School, Shandong University of Technology. He holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the School of International Trade and Economics, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China. His research interests include financial development, green finance, financial management, sustainable development, resources, and environmental economics. He has published more than 60 research articles in reputed international journals, including Resources Policy, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Sustainable Cities and Societies, Sustainable Development, Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Environmental Management, Energy and Environment, Science of the Total Environment, and Gondwana Research among others. He is a Guest Editor in the journal Environmental Science and Pollution Research (Springer), Frontiers in Environmental Sciences, and Sustainability, and a review editor in the journal Frontiers in Environmental Sciences. He is also a referee of numerous top-ranking journals.

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Email: mahmood@sdut.edu.cn

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1. Ahmad, M., Ahmed, Z., Akbar, S., Alvarado, R., 2023. Towards environmental sustainability in E−7 countries: Assessing the roles of natural resources, economic growth, country risk, and energy transition. Resources Policy. 82, 103486. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.RESOURPOL.2023.103486  

2. Ahmad, M., Ahmed, Z., Majeed, A., Huang, B. (2021). An environmental impact assessment of economic complexity and energy consumption: Does institutional quality make a difference? Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 89, 106603. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2021.106603 

3. Ahmad, M., Jiang, P., Majeed, A., Umar, M., Khan, Z., Muhammad, S. (2020). The dynamic impact of natural resources, technological innovations, and economic growth on ecological footprint: An advanced panel data estimation. Resources Policy. 69, 101817. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2020.101817  

4. Ahmad, M., Ahmed, Z., Yang, X., Can, M., 2023. Natural Resources Depletion, Financial Risk, and Human Well-Being: What is the Role of Green Innovation and Economic Globalization? Social Indicators Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-023-03106-9 

5. Ahmad, M., Ahmed, Z., Yang, X., Hussain, N., & Sinha, A. (2022). Financial development and environmental degradation: Do human capital and institutional quality make a difference? Gondwana Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.GR.2021.09.012 

6. Ahmad, M., Jiang, P., Murshed, M., Shehzad, K., Akram, R., Cui LB., Khan, Z. (2021). Modelling the dynamic linkages between eco-innovation, urbanization, economic growth and ecological footprints for G7 countries: Does financial globalization matter? Sustainable Cities and Society. 70, 102881. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2021.102881 

7. Ahmad, M., Ahmed, Z., Riaz, M., Yang, X., 2023. Modeling the linkage between climate-tech, energy transition, and CO2 emissions: Do environmental regulations matter? Gondwana Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.GR.2023.04.003 

8. Ahmad, M., Ahmed, Z., Gavurova, B., and Oláh, J. (2022). Financial risk, renewable energy technology budgets, and environmental sustainability: Is going green possible? Frontiers in Environmental Science, 1–10.  https://doi.org/10.3389/FENVS.2022.909190 

9. Ahmad, M., Ahmed, Z., Bai, Y., Qiao, G., Popp, J., Oláh, J., 2022. Financial Inclusion, Technological Innovations, and Environmental Quality: Analyzing the Role of Green Openness. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 0, 80. https://doi.org/10.3389/FENVS.2022.851263 

10. Ahmad, M., Shabir, M., Naheed, R., & Shehzad, K. (2021). How do environmental innovations and energy productivity affect the environment? Analyzing the role of economic globalization. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-021-03620-8 

11. Ahmad, M*., Jiang, P., Majeed, A., Raza, M.Y. (2020). Does financial development and foreign direct investment improve environmental quality? Evidence from belt and road countries. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 27, 23586–23601. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-08748-7 

12. Ahmad, M., Raza, M.Y. (2020). Role of public-private partnerships investment in energy and technological innovations in driving climate change: evidence from Brazil. Environmental Science and Pollution Research.  27, 30638–30648. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-09307-w

13. Ahmad, M., Majeed, A., Khan, M.A., Sohaib, M., Shehzad, K. (2021). Digital Financial Inclusion and Economic Growth: Provincial Data Analysis of China. China Economic Journal. 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/17538963.2021.1882064 

14. Wang, X., Sun, X., Ahmad, M.* (Corresponding Author), Zhang, H., 2023. Does low carbon energy transition impede air pollution? Evidence from China's coal-to-gas policy. Resources Policy, 83, 103723.

15. Zhang, H., Sun, X., Bi, C., Ahmad, M.* (Corresponding Author), Wang, J., 2022. Can sustainable development policy reduce carbon emissions? Empirical evidence from resource-based cities in China. Science of The Total Environment. 838, 156341. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2022.156341 

16. Xue, C., Shahbaz, M., Ahmed, Z., Ahmad, M*. (Corresponding Author), Sinha A. (2022). Clean energy consumption, economic growth, and environmental sustainability: What is the role of economic policy uncertainty? Renewable Energy, 184, 899–907. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.RENENE.2021.12.006   

17. Ahmed, Z., Ahmad, M*. (Corresponding Author), Murshed, M., Ibrahim Shah, M., Mahmood, H., Abbas, S., 2022. How do green energy technology investments, technological innovation, and trade globalization enhance green energy supply and stimulate environmental sustainability in the G7 countries? Gondwana Research. 112, 105–115. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2022.09.014 

18. Qiao, G., Yang, D., Ahmad, M*. (Corresponding Author), & Ahmed, Z. (2022). Modeling for Insights: Does Fiscal Decentralization Impede Ecological Footprint? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(16) https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610146 

19. Meng, X., Li, T., Ahmad, M*. (Corresponding Author), Qiao, G., Bai, Y. (2022). Capital Formation, Green Innovation, Renewable Energy Consumption and Environmental Quality: Do Environmental Regulations Matter? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(20). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013562 

20. Shehzad, K., Xiaoxing, Liu., Ahmad, M*. (Corresponding Author), Majeed, A., Tariq, F., Wahab, S. (2021). Does air pollution upsurge in megacities after COVID-19 lockdown? A spatial approach. Environmental Research. 197, 111052. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2021.111052

21. Sun, X., Zhang, H., Ahmad, M*. (Corresponding Author), & Xue, C. (2021). Analysis of influencing factors of carbon emissions in resource-based cities in the Yellow River basin under carbon neutrality target. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 1, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1007/S11356-021-17386-6 

22. Ahmed, Z., Ahmad, M*. (Corresponding Author), Murshed, M., Vaseer, A. I., & Kirikkaleli, D. (2021). The trade-off between energy consumption, economic growth, militarization, and CO2 emissions: does the treadmill of destruction exist in the modern world? Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 1, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1007/S11356-021-17068-3 

23. Lu, Y., Guo, J., Ahmad, M.* (Corresponding Author), Zhang, H., 2022. Can Sci-Tech Finance Pilot Policies Reduce Carbon Emissions? Evidence From 252 Cities in China. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.3389/FENVS.2022.933162 

24. Peng, G., Meng, F., Ahmed, Z., Ahmad, M.* (Corresponding Author), Kurbonov, K., 2022. Economic growth, technology, and ­ CO2 emissions in BRICS: Investigating the non‑linear impacts of economic complexity. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-20647-7 

25. Chi, K., Wang, S., Ahmad, M.* (Corresponding Author), 2023. Entrepreneurs' Cognitive Schemas and New Venture Business Model Innovativeness: The Mediating Effect of Environmental Scanning. Sustainability, 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15043299 

26. Yu, H., Zhao, Y., Qiao, G., Ahmad, M.* (Corresponding Author), 2023. Can Green Financial Reform Policies Promote Enterprise Development? Empirical Evidence from China. Sustainability, 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15032692 

      27. Zhao, Y., Kong, X., Ahmad, M.* (Corresponding Author), Ahmed, Z., 2023. Digital Economy, Industrial Structure, and Environmental Quality: Assessing the Roles of Educational Investment, Green Innovation, and Economic Globalization. Sustainability, 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15032377 

28. Ahmed, Z., Ahmad, M., Rjoub, H., Kalugina, O. A., & Hussain, N. (2021). Economic growth, renewable energy consumption, and ecological footprint: Exploring the role of environmental regulations and democracy in sustainable development. Sustainable Development, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1002/SD.2251 

29. Wang, Z., Y, C., Zhang, B., Ahmed, Z., Ahmad, M. (2023). Environmental degradation, renewable energy, and economic growth nexus: Assessing the role of financial and political risks? Journal of Environmental Management, 325, 116678. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116678 

30. Ahmed, Z., Ahmad, M., Alvarado, R., Sinha, A., Shah, M. I., & Abbas, S. (2022). Towards environmental sustainability: Do financial risk and external conflicts matter? Journal of Cleaner Production, 371, 133721. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133721 

31. Dai, J., Ahmed, Z., Alvarado, R., Ahmad, M., 2023. Assessing the nexus between human capital, green energy, and load capacity factor: Policymaking for achieving sustainable development goals. Gondwana Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2023.04.009 

32. Zhang, H., Sun, X., Ahmad, M., Wang, X., 2023. Heterogeneous impacts of carbon emission trading on green innovation: Firm-level in China. Energy & Environment. https://doi.org/10.1177/0958305X231164690 

33. Dai, J., Ahmed, Z., Pata, U.K., Ahmad, M., 2023. Achieving SDG-13 in the Era of Conflicts: The Roles of Economic Growth and Government Stability. Evaluation Review. 0193841X2311606. https://doi.org/10.1177/0193841X231160626 

34. Lu, Y., Ahmad, M., Zhang, H., Guo, J., 2023. Effects of Science and Technology Finance on Green Total Factor Productivity in China: Insights from an Empirical Spatial Durbin Model. Journal of the Knowledge Economy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-023-01306-9 

35. Can, B., Ahmed, Z., Ahmad, M., & Can, M. (2022). Do renewable energy consumption and green trade openness matter for human well-being? Empirical evidence from European Union countries. Social Indicators Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-022-02981-y 

36. Wang, Y., Qiao, G., Ahmad, M., Yang, D., 2023. Modeling the Impact of Fiscal Decentralization on Energy Poverty: Do Energy Efficiency and Technological Innovation Matter? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Page 4360 20, 4360. https://doi.org/10.3390/IJERPH20054360 

37. Arif, M., Chenghu, Z., Olah, J., Shehzad, K., & Ahmad, M. (2022). Specifying the Domineering Role of Governance in the Long Term Environmental Excellence: A Case Study of Pakistan. SAGE Open, 12(3), 21582440221121732. https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440221121731 

38. Ali, S., Jiang, J., Ahmad, M., Usman, O., Ahmed, Z., 2022. A path towards carbon mitigation amidst economic policy uncertainty in BRICS: an advanced panel analysis. Environ. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 1, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1007/S11356-022-20004-8 

39. Shehzad, K., Zaman, U., Ahmad, M., Kocak, E., 2022. Governance, financial development, and environmental degradation: evidence from symmetric and asymmetric ARDL. Environment, Development and Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-022-02682-z 

40. Wang, X., Sun, X., Zhang, H., Ahmad, M., 2022. Digital Economy and Environmental Quality: Insights from the Spatial Durbin Model. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192316094 

41. Chenghu, Z., Arif, M., Shehzad, K., Ahmad, M., & Oláh, J. (2021). Modeling the Dynamic Linkage between Tourism Development, Technological Innovation, Urbanization and Environmental Quality: Provincial Data Analysis of China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021, Vol. 18, Page 8456, 18(16), 8456. https://doi.org/10.3390/IJERPH18168456 

42. Lin, X., Zhao, Y., Ahmad, M., Ahmed, Z., Rjoub, H., & Adebayo, T. S. (2021). Linking Innovative Human Capital, Economic Growth, and CO2 Emissions: An Empirical Study Based on Chinese Provincial Panel Data. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021, Vol. 18, Page 8503, 18(16), 8503. https://doi.org/10.3390/IJERPH18168503 

43. Can, M., Ahmed, Z., Ahmad, M., İhsan, O., Güzel, İ., 2022. The role of export quality in energy-growth nexus: Evidence from newly industrialized countries. Journal of the Knowledge Economy   https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-022-00996-x 

44. Majeed, A., Ahmad, M., Rasheed, M. F., Khan, M. K., Popp, J., and Oláh, J. (2022). The Dynamic Impact of Financial Globalization, Environmental Innovations and Energy Productivity on Renewable Energy Consumption: Evidence From Advanced Panel Techniques. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 0, 447.  https://doi.org/10.3389/FENVS.2022.894857 

45. Zhang, H., Sun, X., Ahmad, M., Lu, Y., and Xue, C. (2022). A Step Towards a Green Future: Does Sustainable Development Policy Reduce Energy Consumption in Resource-Based Cities of China? Frontiers in Environmental Science. 0, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.3389/FENVS.2022.901721 

46. Wang, X., Tang, S., Ahmad, M., and Bai, Y. (2022). Can Market-oriented Environmental Regulation Tools Improve Green Total Factor Energy Efficiency? Analyzing the Emission Trading System. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.3389/FENVS.2022.906921 

47. Majeed, A., Jiang P., Ahmad, M., Khan, Asif., Oláh, J. (2021). Impact of foreign direct investment on financial development: New evidence from panel cointegration and causality analysis. Journal of Competitiveness.  13, 95-112. https://doi.org/10.7441/joc.2021.01.06 

48. Yang, X., Li, N., Ahmad, M., Mu, H., 2022. Natural resources, population aging, and environmental quality: analyzing the role of green technologies. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-19219-6 

49. Yang, X., Li, N., Mu, H., Ahmad, M., Meng, X., 2022. Population aging, renewable energy budgets and environmental sustainability: Does health expenditures matter? Gondwana Research. 106, 303–314. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.GR.2022.02.003 

50. Xiyue, Y., Li N., Mu, H., Pang, J., Zhao, H., Ahmad M. (2021). Study on the long-term impact of economic globalization and population aging on CO2 emissions in OCED countries. Science of the Total Environment.787, 147625. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147625 

51. Hongqiao, H., Xinjun, W., Ahmad, M., Zhonghua, L., 2022. Does innovation in Environmental Technologies Curb CO2 Emissions? Evidence From Advanced Time Series Techniques. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 0, 818. https://doi.org/10.3389/FENVS.2022.930521 

52. Wang, X., Gu, Y., Ahmad, M., Xue, C., 2022. The Impact of Digital Capability on Manufacturing Company Performance. Sustainability. 2022, Vol. 14, Page 6214 14, 6214. https://doi.org/10.3390/SU14106214 

53. Zhang, F., Yang, Y., Ahmad, M., Shao, J., 2022. Would the Urban Environmental Legislation Realize the Porter Hypothesis? Empirical Evidence Based on Panel Data of Chinese Prefecture Cities. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 874. https://doi.org/10.3389/FENVS.2022.944383 

54. Bai, F., Huang, Y., Shang, M., & Ahmad, M. (2022). Modeling the impact of digital economy on urban environmental pollution: Empirical evidence from 277 prefecture-level cities in China. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.991022 (SCI Q2 IF: 5.190).

55. Cheng, A., Han, X., & Ahmad, M. (2022). Risk preference and willingness to participate in the futures market: Evidence from cotton and jujube enterprises of China. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.978557 (SCI Q2 IF: 5.190).

56. Liu, Z., Ahmad, M., Li, G., Yang, Y., Liu, Y., Gao, M., & Luo, Q. (2022). Decoupling of greenhouse gas emissions from livestock industrial development: Evidence from China Agricultural Green Development Modern Zone. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.979129 (SCI Q2 IF: 5.190).

57. Tang, T., Shahzad, F., Ahmed, Z., Ahmad, M., & Abbas, S. (2022). Energy transition for meeting ecological goals: Do economic stability, technology, and government stability matter? Frontiers in Environmental Science, July, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.955494

58. Shehzad, K., Bigili, F., Kocak, E., Xiaoxing, Liu., Ahmad, M. (2021). COVID-19 outbreak, lockdown and air quality: Fresh insights from New York City. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-13556-8 

59. Shehzad, K., Xiaoxing, Liu., Ahmad, M. (2021). Asymmetric impact of information and communication technologies on environmental quality: analyzing the role of financial development and energy consumption. Environment, Development and Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-021-01506-w 

60. Rahim, S., Umarbeyli, S., Kirikkaleli, D., Ahmad, M., Tufail, M., Wahab, S. (2021). Does Natural Resources Rent and Human Capital Promote Economic Growth? A Case study of N 11 Countries. Resources, Environment and Sustainability. 4, 100018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resenv.2021.100018 

61. He, K., Ramzan, M., Awosusi, A. A., Ahmed, Z., Ahmad, M., & Altuntaş, M. (2021). Does Globalization Moderate the Effect of Economic Complexity on CO2 Emissions? Evidence From the Top 10 Energy Transition Economies. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 9, 555. https://doi.org/10.3389/FENVS.2021.778088 

62. Ahmed, Z., Can, M., Sinha, A., Ahmad, M., Alvarado, R., Rjoub, H., 2022. Investigating the role of economic complexity in sustainable development and environmental sustainability. Int. J. Sustain. Dev. World Ecol. 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504509.2022.2097330 

63. Rasheed, M. Q., Haseeb, A., Adebayo, T. S., Ahmed, Z., & Ahmad, M. (2021). The long-run relationship between energy consumption, oil prices, and carbon dioxide emissions in European countries. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 1, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1007/S11356-021-17601-4 

64. Yang, X., Li, N., Mu, H., Zhang, M., Pang, J., & Ahmad, M. (2021). Study on the long-term and short-term effects of globalization and population aging on ecological footprint in OECD countries. Ecological Complexity, 47, 100946. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ECOCOM.2021.100946