Population aging and future carbon emissions in the United States

Energy Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 642-675

  Dalton, Michael ^a   O'Neill, Brian ^b,d   Prskawetz, Alexia ^c   Jiang, Leiwen ^d   Pitkin, John ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^c VIENNA INSTITUTE OF DEMOGRAPHY   (Austria)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Analysis and Forecasting Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon emissions; Climate change; Economic growth; Overlapping generations; Population aging

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECONOMICS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ESTIMATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ECONOMIC GROWTH; POPULATION AGING;

GAS EMISSIONS;

AGING POPULATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EMISSIONS TRADING; GREENHOUSE GAS; GROWTH MODELING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37349101711     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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