Amri Fethi
University of Chartage, Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management of Nabeul, Street Hammamet, Mrezgua, 8000, Nabeul, Tunisia.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2017 Jun;24(17):14567-14578. doi: 10.1007/s11356-017-8984-7. Epub 2017 Apr 28.
This study examines the relation between CO emissions, income, non-renewable, and renewable energy consumption in Algeria during the period extending from 1980 to 2011. Our work gives particular attention to the validity of environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis. The autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) with break point method outcome demonstrates the positive effect of non-renewable type of energy on CO emissions consumption. On the contrary, the results reveal an insignificant effect of renewable energy on environment improvement. Moreover, the results accept the existence of EKC hypothesis but the highest gross domestic product value in logarithm scale of our data is inferior to the estimated turning point. Consequently, policy-makers in Algeria should expand the ratio of renewable energy and should decrease the quota of non-renewable energy consumption.
本研究考察了1980年至2011年期间阿尔及利亚一氧化碳排放、收入、不可再生能源和可再生能源消费之间的关系。我们的工作特别关注环境库兹涅茨曲线（EKC）假说的有效性。具有断点方法结果的自回归分布滞后（ARDL）表明，不可再生能源类型对一氧化碳排放消费有积极影响。相反，结果显示可再生能源对环境改善的影响不显著。此外，结果接受了EKC假说的存在，但我们数据对数尺度下的最高国内生产总值值低于估计的转折点。因此，阿尔及利亚的政策制定者应扩大可再生能源的比例，并应减少不可再生能源消费配额。
