@article{Chebbi:50944,
      recid = {50944},
      author = {Chebbi, Houssem Eddine},
      title = {Investigating linkages between economic growth, energy  consumption and pollutant emissions in Tunisia},
      address = {2009},
      number = {1005-2016-79365},
      series = {Contributed Paper},
      pages = {14},
      year = {2009},
      abstract = {The aim of this study is to understand long and short-run  linkages between economic growth, energy consumption and  carbon emission using Tunisian data over the period  1971-2004.
Cointegration procedure is used to analyze the  time series properties of the series and error-correction  terms were considered to test for the direction of Granger  causality.
Statistical findings indicate that economic  growth, energy consumption and CO2 emission are related in  the long-run and provide some evidence of inefficient use  of energy in Tunisia, since environmental pressure tends to  rise faster than economic growth.
The short-run analysis,  provide support for causality running from CO2 emissions  growth to output growth, both in the short-run and the  long-run. The results provide also some support of mutual  causal and feedback relationship in the long-run.
In  addition, the results show strong evidence of causality  running from output growth to energy consumption in the  short-run and mutual causality in the long-run implying  that Tunisia is an energy dependent economy.
From a policy  perspective, policy makers in Tunisia should be mindful  that a persistent decline in environmental quality may  exert negative externalities to the economy.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/50944},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.50944},
}