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41 J. Energy & Dev. 223 (2015-2016)
The Effects of Carbon Dioxide Emissions on Economic Growth, Urbanization, and Welfare: Application to Countries in the Middle East and North Africa

handle is hein.journals/jeldv41 and id is 227 raw text is: THE EFFECTS OF CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS
ON ECONOMIC GROWTH, URBANIZATION, AND
WELFARE: APPLICATION TO COUNTRIES IN THE
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
Fakhri Issaoui, Hassen Toumi, and Wassim Touili*
Introduction
S ice the 1970s, economic and environmental issues increasingly seem in-
separable making it difficult today to talk about the environment without in-
corporating the economy and vice versa. Indeed, the importance of addressing
*Fakhri Issaoui, Associate Professor at the Ecole Supdrieure de Sciences Economiques et
Commerciales, University of Tunis (Tunisia), received his Ph.D. in economics from the
University of Tunis El Manar. His research interests include public and labor economics,
economic development, economic justice, macroeconomics, and growth challenges in
transitioning economics. The author has published more than 30 articles in journals such as
Panoeconomicus, The Journal of Energy and Development, Journal of Interdisciplinary Mathe-
matics, International Journal of Computational Economics and Econometrics, IUP Journal of
Applied Economics, IUP Journal of Marketing Management, Global Business and Management
Research, African Sociological Review, Global Journal of Management and Business Research,
Global Journal of Human Social Research, Global Journal of Research in Engineering, The
Economic Research Guardian, and The Global Journal of Strategies and Governance, as a sampling.
Hassen Toumi, Assistant Professor at the University of Economics and Management of Sfax
(Tunisia), received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Sfax. His research interests include
public and labor economics, economic development, energy economics, banking economics, and
econometrics. The author's works have been published in numerous journals such as The Journal
of Energy and Development, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Journal of the
Knowledge Economy, and The Economic Research Guardian.
Wassim Touili is a doctoral candidate in economic science at the Ecole Sup6rieure de
Commerce, University of Manouba (Tunisia). His research focuses on economic develop-
ment. The author has published articles in The Journal of Energy and Development and The
Economic Research Guardian.
The Journal of Energy and Development, Vol. 41, Nos. 1 and 2
Copyright © 2016 by the International Research Center for Energy and Economic Development
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