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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Farhani, Sahbi
• Mrizak, Sana
• Chaibi, Anissa
• Rault, Christophe

Titel

The environmental Kuznets curve and sustainability: A panel data analysis

Ist Teil von

• Energy policy, 2014-08, Vol.71, p.189-198

Ort / Verlag

Kidlington: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In recent years, sustainability has represented one of the most important policy goals explored in the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) literature. But related hypotheses, performance measures and results continue to present a challenge. The present paper contributes to this ongoing literature by studying two different EKC specifications for 10 Middle East and North African (MENA) countries over the period 1990–2010 using panel data methods. For the first specification, namely EKC, we show that there is an inverted U-shape relationship between environmental degradation and income; while for the second specification, namely modified EKC (MEKC), we show that there is an inverted U-shape relationship between sustainability and human development (HD). The relationships are shaped by other factors such as energy, trade, manufacture added value and the role of law. More interestingly, findings from the estimation show that EKC hypothesis, HD and sustainability are crucial to build effective environmental policies. •Environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) and modified EKC models are examined for 10 MENA countries.•We attempt to include energy, trade, human development and sustainability in our approach.•The inverted U-shape relationship is verified for two models.•Human development positively affects the pollution and sustainability level.