scholarly journals Examining the Existence of a Modified Environmental Kuznets Curve for the Middle East and North Africa Economies

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanan Hamed M. Sileem
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Environmental Kuznets Curve ◽  
Kuznets Curve

scholarly journals Long-run analysis of Environmental Kuznets Curve in the Middle East and North Africa

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 72-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Younes Ben Zaied ◽  
Nidhaleddine Ben Cheikh ◽  
Pascal Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Environmental Kuznets Curve ◽  
Estimation Method ◽  
Emissions Reduction ◽  
Kuznets Curve ◽  
Mena Region ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Cointegration Tests

The main originality of this paper is to empirically investigate the long-run relationship between carbone dioxide (CO2) emissions, energy use and real GDP per capita in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) during the last three decades. Using panel cointegration tests (Westerlund, (2007) and DOLS estimation method, we validate the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis in the long run for the MENA region countries. Therefore, we conclude that oil producer countries have adopted several policy decisions in favor of CO2 emissions reduction. The estimated turning point of the EKC confirms our intuitions that only oil producer countries achieve CO2 emissions reduction goal.

scholarly journals The Environmental Effects of FDI Evidence from Middle East and North Africa Countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Middle East ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Environmental Effects ◽  
Environmental Kuznets Curve ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Kuznets Curve ◽  
Mena Countries ◽  
Empirical Results ◽  
Negative Effect

Empirical work on the environmental effects of FDI has produced a mixed bag of results, with hardly any evidence for Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries. A theoretical model is presented, postulating that whether FDI has a positive or negative effect on the environment depends on the position of the underlying country or region on the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC). The empirical results indicate that FDI leads to environmental degradation in MENA countries and that they fall on the rising sector of the EKC. The theoretical model is supported by the empirical results.

scholarly journals The effects of international tourism, electricity consumption and economic growth on CO2 emissions in North Africa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
younesse el menyari
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Environmental Kuznets Curve ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Real Income ◽  
Kuznets Curve ◽  
Causality Test ◽  
Empirical Results

Abstract This study examines the influence of tourism, economic growth and electricity consumption on carbon dioxide (CO2) emission in the presence of Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) model for a panel of four countries of North Africa, namely Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt, over the period 1980–2014. Since we find the existence of cross-sectional dependence, we apply the unit root tests of CIPS and CADF, the Westerlund cointegration test as well as the dynamic seemingly unrelated regression (DSUR), and Dumitrescu-Hurlin Granger causality test. The empirical results show that electricity consumption has a positive effect on CO2 emissions. In contrast, tourism has a negative relationship with CO2 emissions, implying improvement in the quality of the environment. The conclusions confirm the hypothesis of the environmental Kuznets curve for the countries in our sample. In addition, the causality test indicates the following results: (i) A one-way causality from real income, electricity consumption and tourism to carbon emissions. (ii) A one-way causality runing from electricity consumption to real income and tourist arrivals. (iii) A two-way causality between real income and tourism development. Based on these empirical results, several policies recommendations are proposed for the four countries of North Africa.

scholarly journals Environmental Kuznets Curve Revisited, with Reference to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 110
Author(s):  
Patricia Aguado ◽  
Jinhwan Oh
Keyword(s):  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Environmental Kuznets Curve ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
Regional Analysis ◽  
Kuznets Curve ◽  
Mena Region ◽  
Pm 2.5 ◽  
Sustainable Technologies ◽  
Per Capita

Using an up-to-date panel dataset that covers 88 countries over a 38-year period (1991–2018), this paper revisits the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) to measure environmental degradation (CO2, methane, nitrous Oxide, PM 2.5, HFC, PFC and SF6) in relation to GDP per capita. This study confirms the inverted-U relation for CO2 emissions, with the estimated turning point at $13,233, but also identifies a U relation in the case of PM 2.5. Furthermore, in a regional analysis of both CO2 and PM 2.5, with special reference to the MENA region, it finds gaps between actual CO2 emissions and their fitted values. We observe that Libya, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Algeria show average ratios higher than 1, meaning the actual values are higher than the fitted ones and therefore these countries face more serious pollution problems. Based on this finding, we recommend the implementation of policies in this region that aim to reach energy efficiency as well as the development of eco-friendly and sustainable technologies.  

scholarly journals Environmental Kuznets Curve for CO2 emissions: An analysis for developing, Middle East, OECD and OPEC countries

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 48-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasin Acar ◽  
Temel Gürdal ◽  
Şebnem Ekeryılmaz
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
Environmental Kuznets Curve ◽  
Carbon Tax ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Kuznets Curve ◽  
Solar Systems ◽  
Middle East Countries

AbstractThe purpose of this study was to determine the relevance of the Environmental Kuznets Curve, which shows that there is an inverted-U shaped relationship between environmental pollution and economic growth. We investigated the relationship between per capita income and the carbon dioxide emissions as indicators of environmental pollution in Developing Countries, OECD, Middle East and OPEC countries for the period of 1970-2016. The contribution of our study is the evaluation and comparison of Developing Countries, OECD, Middle East and OPEC countries together in the context of EKC. We employ the fixed effect and GMM techniques in this study and results obtained from cubic models indicate that the N-shaped relationship for Developing, Middle East countries and OECD countries and inverted N-shaped relationship for OPEC countries exist. Considering these conclusions, we draw some serious policy implications for the policy makers in these countries. Governments should closely follow the industries that generate CO2 emissions as after some point environmental degradation increases again as income increases. In addition adopting clean energies including wind and solar systems and making these technologies widespread across countries might reduce CO2 emissions. Another alternative way to reduce CO2 emissions might be a carbon tax which should be implemented for polluters.

Press Propaganda and Subaltern Agents of Pan-Islamic Networks in the Muslim Mediterranean World prior to World War I

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Odile Moreau
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
World War I ◽  
North Africa ◽  
World War ◽  
Subaltern Studies ◽  
Resistance Movements ◽  
The Press ◽  
Mediterranean World ◽  
History Of

This chapter explores movement and circulation across the Mediterranean and seeks to contribute to a history of proto-nationalism in the Maghrib and the Middle East at a particular moment prior to World War I. The discussion is particularly concerned with the interface of two Mediterranean spaces: the Middle East (Egypt, Ottoman Empire) and North Africa (Morocco), where the latter is viewed as a case study where resistance movements sought external allies as a way of compensating for their internal weakness. Applying methods developed by Subaltern Studies, and linking macro-historical approaches, namely of a translocal movement in the Muslim Mediterranean, it explores how the Egypt-based society, al-Ittihad al-Maghribi, through its agent, Aref Taher, used the press as an instrument for political propaganda, promoting its Pan-Islamic programme and its goal of uniting North Africa.

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