Environmental Kuznets curve in an open economy: A bounds testing and causality analysis for Tunisia

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue , 2014, Pages 325-336

  Shahbaz, Muhammad ^a   Khraief, Naceur ^b   Uddin, Gazi Salah ^c   Ozturk, Ilhan ^d  

^a Lahore Campus   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUSSE   (Tunisia)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d CAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

EKC; Energy; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ERROR CORRECTION; POLLUTION; PUBLIC POLICY;

BOUNDS TESTING APPROACHES; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY; ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVE HYPOTHESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVES; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; TUNISIA; VECTOR ERROR CORRECTION MODEL;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84897425888     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.03.022     Document Type: Review

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