Is there a relationship between economic growth and CO2 emissions in Algeria? An econometric analysis

Abstract

The study attempts to investigate the relationship between economic growth and CO2 emissions Through Testing the existence of Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis in Algeria for the 1970-2020, using the bounds test of ARDL co-integration model, where some time series are stationary at the level and others series are stationary at the first differences. Our findings reveal that EKC hypothesis does not exist in the long-run and short-run for quadratic and cubic Kuznets relationships models, the error correction parameter has a negative signal and statistically significant, -0.8592 in model 1, -0.6561 in second model, In long-run models, population appears to have a positive significant impact on CO2 emission with Weak impact from trade openness.