Journal of Hunan University Natural Sciences

Political communication serves as a tool to influence audiences in the dissemination of political messages. One prominent form of such communication is through campaign strategies that enhance public awareness and participation, particularly among younger generations. The "Desak Anies" program, initiated by Anies Baswedan during the 2024 General Election campaign, exemplifies targeted political communication aimed at students, representing Generation Z. This study examines the effectiveness of the "Desak Anies" program in promoting political awareness and fostering student participation in democratic processes. A descriptive qualitative methodology was employed, combining literature review and secondary data analysis from relevant sources. Findings indicate that the program successfully engages students with national issues and motivates active involvement in political activities, particularly elections. Importantly, the program functions not only as a one-way communication channel but also as an interactive platform facilitating dialogue between political leaders and the younger generation. These results underscore the significance of adaptive and participatory communication strategies in delivering political education in the digital era.

Keywords: Political Communication, Civic Education, Youth Political Participation, Deliberative Democracy, Political Campaigns.

DOI https://doi.org/10.55463/issn.1674-2974.53.1.5

This study investigates the impact of green financing on corporate value within Indonesia’s renewable energy sector. The primary aim is to examine how green financing affects companies’ financial performance and market valuation when implementing sustainable practices. Employing a library-based research approach, data were systematically collected from books, peer-reviewed journals, and industry reports addressing green financing, corporate value, and renewable energy. The findings indicate that green financing provides financial advantages, enhances corporate reputation, and attracts investors focused on sustainability, thereby contributing to higher corporate value. Nevertheless, challenges such as complex certification procedures and regulatory uncertainties limit smaller firms’ ability to fully leverage green financing opportunities. These results underscore the importance of more supportive policies and accessible financing mechanisms to promote sustainable growth.

Keywords: Green Financing, Corporate Value, Renewable Energy Sector, Sustainable Investment, Indonesia.

DOI https://doi.org/10.55463/issn.1674-2974.53.1.4

This study investigates the dynamic interplay among audit risk, auditor ethics, and audit opinion accuracy, emphasizing professional skepticism as a crucial mediating construct. The primary aim is to examine how audit risk and auditor ethics influence audit opinion accuracy by elucidating the role of professional skepticism as an intervening behavioral mechanism. Consequently, the study addresses a central research question regarding the behavioral pathways that shape audit judgment accuracy. Using a quantitative, questionnaire-based design, data were collected from 101 auditors at public accounting firms in DKI Jakarta, Indonesia, via convenience sampling and analyzed through Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). The empirical results indicate that both audit risk and auditor ethics significantly enhance audit opinion accuracy. Professional skepticism independently improves judgment quality and serves as a significant mediator between auditor ethics and audit opinion accuracy, whereas the effect of audit risk remains direct and unmediated. The study’s novelty, grounded in agency theory, reconceptualizes professional skepticism as a dynamic mechanism linking ethics to outcomes, advancing behavioral auditing beyond traditional direct-effects models. Practically, audit firms should reinforce ethical frameworks, training programs, and quality control systems that explicitly cultivate professional skepticism. Regulators and professional bodies are encouraged to integrate behavioral auditing and skeptical judgment into auditor education to further enhance audit quality.

Keywords: Professional Skepticism; Auditor Ethics; Audit Risk; Audit Opinion Accuracy; Audit Quality.

DOI https://doi.org/10.55463/issn.1674-2974.53.1.3

Energy poverty remains a persistent challenge in many developing economies, constraining socioeconomic development and diminishing quality of life. This study examines the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) and trade openness (TO) on energy poverty reduction in seven Latin American countries—Belize, Bolivia, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Peru—over the period 1992–2024. Employing a Panel Vector Autoregression (PVAR) framework, the analysis reveals that both FDI and trade openness significantly enhance electricity access, which serves as a key proxy for energy poverty. Specifically, a 1% increase in trade openness leads to a 0.083% improvement in electricity access, while FDI exerts a substantially stronger effect, increasing access by 2.325%. Economic growth also contributes to energy poverty alleviation, albeit with a more modest elasticity of 0.195%.
Granger causality tests indicate bidirectional causal relationships between trade openness and energy poverty, as well as between energy poverty and FDI inflows, suggesting the presence of a virtuous cycle whereby improved energy access fosters deeper economic integration. Additional feedback effects are identified between trade openness and economic growth, and between FDI and economic growth. Moreover, trade openness is found to directly stimulate FDI inflows, while economic growth unidirectionally reduces energy poverty. The robustness of these findings is confirmed through FMOLS and DOLS estimations.
Overall, the results highlight the critical role of globalization in alleviating energy poverty in Latin America. Policy implications emphasize the need to reduce trade barriers for renewable energy technologies, promote green-oriented FDI, and channel economic growth toward expanding rural electrification. Nonetheless, the study’s reliance on electricity access as a single proxy for energy poverty and its regional focus point to avenues for future research, including the use of multidimensional energy poverty indices and cross-regional comparative analyses.

Keywords: Energy poverty; electricity access; trade openness; foreign direct investment; globalization; Latin America.

DOI https://doi.org/10.55463/issn.1674-2974.53.1.2

This study examines the interrelationships between renewable energy consumption, economic policy uncertainty (EPU), and environmental quality in G7 economies over the period 1991–2020. Specifically, it explores whether economic policy uncertainty moderates the environmental benefits of renewable energy consumption, thereby addressing an important gap in the energy–environment nexus literature. Using second-generation panel econometric methods, including fully modified ordinary least squares (FMOLS) and dynamic ordinary least squares (DOLS), the analysis confirms the existence of a long-run cointegration relationship among renewable energy consumption, EPU, carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions, and the ecological footprint (EF).
The novelty of this study lies in explicitly modeling the interaction between renewable energy consumption and economic policy uncertainty while simultaneously employing CO₂ emissions and the ecological footprint as complementary indicators of environmental quality. The results indicate that renewable energy consumption significantly reduces both CO₂ emissions and EF, whereas economic policy uncertainty independently exacerbates environmental degradation. Notably, the interaction term reveals that, when combined with renewable energy consumption, economic policy uncertainty amplifies its mitigating effect on environmental pressure.
Among the control variables, human capital is found to alleviate environmental degradation, while GDP per capita intensifies it. In contrast, foreign direct investment contributes to reductions in both CO₂ emissions and the ecological footprint. These findings highlight the dual role of economic policy uncertainty and provide robust empirical evidence to support the formulation of stable yet flexible energy and environmental policies. The results further underscore the importance of policy coherence, renewable energy expansion, and human capital development in achieving long-term environmental sustainability in advanced economies.

Keywords: G7 economies; renewable energy consumption; economic policy uncertainty; environmental quality; CO₂ emissions; ecological footprint; energy–environment nexus.

DOI https://doi.org/10.55463/issn.1674-2974.53.1.1