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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Per Capita Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Convergence or Divergence?
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| Autores: |
Aldy, Joseph E.
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| Data: |
2006-02-13
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| Ano: |
2005
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| Palavras-chave: |
Emissions distributions
Environmental Kuznets curve
Markov chain transition matrix
Environmental Economics and Policy
O40
Q54
Q56
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| Resumo: |
Understanding and considering the distribution of per capita carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is important in designing international climate change proposals and incentives for participation. I evaluate historic international emissions distributions and forecast future distributions to assess whether per capita emissions have been converging or will converge. I find evidence of convergence among 23 member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), whereas emissions appear to be diverging for an 88-country global sample over 1960-2000. Forecasts based on a Markov chain transition matrix provide little evidence of future emissions convergence and indicate that emissions may diverge in the near term. I also review the shortcomings of environmental Kuznets curve regressions and structural models in characterizing future emissions distributions.
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| Tipo: |
Working or Discussion Paper
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
19941
http://purl.umn.edu/10773
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
Resources for the Future>Discussion Papers
Discussion Paper 05-53
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| Formato: |
35
application/pdf
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