Title: Investigating the energy-environmental Kuznets curve: evidence from Egypt

Authors: Doaa Mohamed Salman Abdou; Eyad Mohammed Atya

Addresses: Department of Economics, Faculty of Management Sciences, October University for Modern Sciences and Arts, Cairo, Egypt ' Department of Economics, Zagazig University, Sharkeya, Egypt

Abstract: This study examines to what extent recent empirical evidence can substantiate the claim that annual emission constraints have a modest effect on long run economic growth rates. The paper studies specifically the contribution of carbon dioxide emissions on growth in Egyptian economy during the period 1961-2008. Results indicate that there is a negative relationship between GDP per capita and carbon dioxide emissions. Results suggest that institutions play an important role to achieve progress in setting an effective policies and regulations to decrease pollutants' level that arise from industries and rationalising the consumption of energy. Developing countries and especially Egypt need to adopt a set of effective policies to face the vulnerable growth and environmental degradation. Based on these results, we assert that environmental policy should consider the different characteristics of each country and type of pollutant.

Keywords: economic growth; energy policy; carbon dioxide; CO2; carbon emissions; Kuznets curve; green economics; Egypt; GDP per capita; air pollution; air quality; developing countries; environmental degradation; environmental policy; pollutants.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGE.2013.057436

International Journal of Green Economics, 2013 Vol.7 No.2, pp.103 - 115

Published online: 13 Sep 2014 *

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