Abstract

This study examines the existence of environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis between economic growth and CO2 emission in Algeria for the period 1971-2009 using Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) cointegration framework. Data were retrieved from World Bank Development Indicators. Importantly, our findings reveal that EKC hypothesis does not exist. In addition, the long run models show that income and population appear to have significant impact on CO2 emission especially from solid fuel consumption and electricity and heat production. However, only population is revealed to promote CO2 from liquid fuel consumption. These findings suggest a dire need for Algeria to shift towards service intensive economy rather than resource intensive, and alternative renewable energy sources in order to mitigate environmental degradation as well as promote economic development.

Details

Title
Economic Growth and CO2 Emissions: Investigating the Environmental Kuznets Curve Hypothesis in Algeria
Author
Lacheheb, Miloud; Abdul Samad Abdul Rahim; Abdalla Sirag
Pages
1125-1132
Section
Articles
Publication year
2015
Publication date
2015
Publisher
EconJournals
ISSN
21464553
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1729721129
Copyright
© 2015. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.