Understanding Long-Term Energy Use and Carbon Dioxide Emissions in the USA

Journal of Policy Modeling

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 425-445

  Tol, Richard S J ^a,b,c,d   Pacala, Stephen W ^e   Socolow, Robert H ^e,f  

^a ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide emissions; Decomposition; Environmental Kuznets curve; History; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349084631     PISSN: 01618938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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