Theoretical and Applied Economics
No. 4 / 2025 (645), Winter
Sustainable consumption and experimental economics – a bibliometric analysis
Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Daria Elisa VUC
Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Abstract. Sustainable consumption represents a crucial research area for modern debates and in addressing globally salient environmental challenges, while experimental economics provides rigorous methods for creating empirically grounded solutions. This study aims to empirically analyze the intersection of the two fields of study, especially in the context of the current climate crisis. The analysis focuses on mapping the dominant research themes, the main actors involved and the collaboration and the influence networks that shape this interdisciplinary area. The article proposes a bibliometric analysis, using VOSviewer software, based on a dataset of 2,596 articles extracted from the Web of Science database. The study includes co-occurrence, co-authorship and co-citation analyses, with the aim of highlighting the intellectual and social structure of the field and the results indicated an exponential growth in publications, especially after 2017. Furthermore, the analysis underscored a geographical shift in scientific productivity, concentrated in Asia, particularly China and India, while the theoretical foundations remain predominantly Western. In addition, collaboration networks highlight the central role of China and the United States as global research hubs. The study provides a comprehensive quantitative mapping of this complex interdisciplinary domain, delineating its intellectual structure, key actors and emerging trends.
Contents
Dynamic risk spillovers in European Stock Markets: a TVP-VAR Approach
Co-movement and causality among exchange rates: a wavelet analysis
Financial development and economic growth in emerging economies: the mediating role of entrepreneurship
House prices and macroprudential policy in the Romanian economy: evidence from a BVAR analysis
The impact of short-run and long-run dynamics on manufacturing sector development in Indonesia and Malaysia
Purchasing Power Parity theory in exchange rate determination: evidences from the G-20 nations
Assessment of external macroeconomic imbalances in Romania
Remittances and domestic demand: evidence from Romania
How do energy consumption, natural resources, trade openness and FDI affect environmental quality in Algeria? Fresh insights from the novel DYNARDL simulations and KRLS approach
The acceleration of education: professors, AI platforms and the transformation of learning and human growth
Poverty, unemployment, and mental health: differential impacts among university graduates in Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, and Zambia
Assessing the relationship between institutions and economic development
Cedi depreciation and petroleum price shocks: economic interlinkages and macroeconomic implications
Effects of climate change on food security and sustainable development in Saudi Arabia: Autoregressive Distributed Lag approach
Corruption in digital environments
Beyond linearity: an ARDL threshold analysis of inflation's impact on Tanzania's economic growth from 1994 to 2024
Sustainable consumption and experimental economics – a bibliometric analysis
Heterogeneous and dynamic impacts of growth, urbanization, deforestation, and energy intensity on environmental degradation in Africa using the MM-Quantile regression method
Institutional governance in developing countries, political factors as drivers of institutional change: evidence from sub-Saharan Africa