Is there a cointegrating relationship between Australia's fossil-fuel based carbon dioxide emissions per capita and her GDP per capita?

International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 182-200

  Shanthini, Rajaratnam ^a   Perera, Kanthi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

ARDL; Australia; Autoregressive distributed lag; Carbon dioxide; CO 2; Cointegration; ECM; Emission modelling; Equilibrium correction model; Fossil fuel; GDP per capita; Gross domestic product; Long run equilibrium; Oil price; Short run dynamics

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL PRICE; ECONOMICS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUEL ECONOMY; FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; MILITARY ELECTRONIC COUNTERMEASURES;

ARDL; AUSTRALIA; AUTO-REGRESSIVE; COINTEGRATION; CORRECTION MODELS; EMISSION MODELLING; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTS; OIL PRICES; PER CAPITA;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 77953271447     PISSN: 17533309     EISSN: 17533317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJOGCT.2010.033564     Document Type: Article

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