Empirical analysis of the environmental Kuznets curve for economic growth and CO2 emissions in North African countries

The rapid economic growth observed in Central European countries in the last thirty years has been the result of profound political changes and economic liberalization. This growth is partly connected with reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. However, the problem of CO2 emissions seems to remain unresolved. The aim of this paper is to test whether the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis holds true for Central European countries in an annual sample data that covers 1995–2016 in most countries. We examine cointegration by applying the Autoregressive Distributed Lag bound testing. This is the first study examining the relationship between CO2 emissions and economic growth in individual Central European countries from a long-run perspective, which allows the results to be compared. We confirmed the cointegration, but our estimates confirmed the EKC hypothesis only in Poland. It should also be noted that in all nine countries, energy consumption leads to increased CO2 emissions. The long-run elasticity ranges between 1.5 in Bulgaria and 2.0 in Croatia. We observed exceptionally low long-run elasticity in Estonia (0.49). Our findings suggest that to solve the environmental degradation problem in Central Europe, it is necessary to individualize the policies implemented in the European Union.

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CO2 emissions, economic growth, and the environmental Kuznets curve in China: What roles can nuclear energy and renewable energy play?

Journal of Cleaner Production ◽

10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.05.271 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 196 ◽

pp. 51-63 ◽

Cited By ~ 84

Author(s):

Kangyin Dong ◽

Renjin Sun ◽

Hongdian Jiang ◽

Xiangang Zeng

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Renewable Energy ◽

Co2 Emissions ◽

Environmental Kuznets Curve ◽

Nuclear Energy ◽

Kuznets Curve

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The Role Of Foreign Direct Investment In Spurring Economic Growth In North African Countries

10.54246/1548-009-001-020 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 760

Author(s):

Zeyneb Sidamor

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Foreign Direct Investment ◽

Direct Investment ◽

North African ◽

African Countries ◽

North African Countries

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Energy use, economic growth and CO2 emissions in Africa: does the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis exist? New evidence from heterogeneous panel under cross-sectional dependence

Environment Development and Sustainability ◽

10.1007/s10668-021-01983-z ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Abdelaziz Boukhelkhal

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Co2 Emissions ◽

Environmental Kuznets Curve ◽

Energy Use ◽

Kuznets Curve ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Cross Sectional Dependence ◽

Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis ◽

Heterogeneous Panel ◽

New Evidence

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Foreign direct Investment–CO2 emissions nexus in Middle East and North African countries: Importance of biomass energy consumption

Journal of Cleaner Production ◽

10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.01.282 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 217 ◽

pp. 603-614 ◽

Cited By ~ 94

Author(s):

Muhammad Shahbaz ◽

Daniel Balsalobre-Lorente ◽

Avik Sinha

Keyword(s):

Foreign Direct Investment ◽

Energy Consumption ◽

Middle East ◽

Co2 Emissions ◽

Direct Investment ◽

Biomass Energy ◽

North African ◽

African Countries ◽

North African Countries

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PERTUMBUHAN PENDUDUK, INFLASI DAN KORUPSI: ANALISIS EMPIRIS ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVE (EKC) DI KAWASAN ASEAN PERIODE 2002-2016

JURNAL DINAMIKA EKONOMI PEMBANGUNAN ◽

10.14710/jdep.1.3.71-81 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (3) ◽

pp. 71

Author(s):

Muhammad Fajri Setia Trianto ◽

Evi Yulia Purwanti

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Population Growth ◽

Co2 Emissions ◽

Environmental Kuznets Curve ◽

Secondary Data ◽

Gdp Per Capita ◽

Environmental Damage ◽

Kuznets Curve ◽

Per Capita ◽

The Impact

The economy that continues to grow has the impact of environmental damage. This study aims to prove empirically the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis by analyzing the relationship of economic growth with environmental damage as measured by GDP per capita, and CO2 emissions. The data used are secondary data in the form of data on GDP per capita, CO2 emissions, population growth, inflation, and control of corruption in 10 countries in the ASEAN region in 2002-2016. Data analysis using the Fixed Effect model. The results show that there is a relationship between economic growth and environmental damage that forms an inverted U curve. Economic growth will initially have a positive effect on environmental damage so that at a point of economic growth negatively affects environmental damage. By adding control variables: population growth, inflation and corruption, inflation and corruption positively impact environmental damage, while population negatively affect environmental damage.

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