Développement économique, ajustement et qualité de l'environnement: le cas de la Tunisie

M'HENNI, Hatem (2001): Développement économique, ajustement et qualité de l'environnement: le cas de la Tunisie. Published in: Mediterranean Journal of Economics, Agriculture and Environment , Vol. 4, No. 2 (June 2005): pp. 36-42.

Abstract

Neither the frontiers nor the exact content of a macroeconomic theory of environment are well established until today. The recent tentative in the field of the formalization of the existing links between the economical development and the quality of the environment allowed to put some interesting research projects in yard. One of the most known approaches is probably the study of, what is known nowadays as the phenomenon of the Kuznets’ U shaped curve. Our objective, in this paper, is to present and analyse this phenomenon in the general setting, then to try to apply it empirically to the case of one small open underdeveloped economy (Tunisia) where the environmental question is prioritised politically and economically.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: Economic development, adjustment and environmental quality: the case of Tunisia for a Contingent Valuation Study
• Language: French
• Keywords: Développement économique, qualité de l’environnement, politique environnementale, la courbe en U de Kuznets
• Subjects: Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q5 - Environmental Economics > Q56 - Environment and Development ; Environment and Trade ; Sustainability ; Environmental Accounts and Accounting ; Environmental Equity ; Population Growth; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q5 - Environmental Economics > Q53 - Air Pollution ; Water Pollution ; Noise ; Hazardous Waste ; Solid Waste ; Recycling

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