A cross-national study of the association between per capita carbon dioxide emissions and exports to the United States

Social Science Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 239-250

  Stretesky, Paul B ^a   Lynch, Michael J ^b  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Carbon dioxide emissions; Climate change; Global warming; Kyoto protocol; Trade flows; U.S. imports; U.S. trade; World exports; World systems theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149465363     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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