Quantifying the global and distributional aspects of American household carbon footprint

Ecological Economics

Volumn 66, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 379-391

  Weber, Christopher L ^a   Matthews, H Scott ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2; Elasticity; Embodied emissions in trade; Household carbon footprint

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44349167843     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.09.021     Document Type: Article

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