Is an increased elderly population related to decreased CO 2 emissions from road transportation?

Energy Policy

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 286-292

  Okada, Akira ^a  

^a TOKYO CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide emissions; Panel data; Share of aged population

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; ELDERLY PEOPLE; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; FIRST ORDER DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION; OECD COUNTRIES; PANEL DATA; PER CAPITA; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; QUADRATIC FUNCTION; ROAD TRANSPORTATION; SHARE OF AGED POPULATION; TURNING POINTS; U-SHAPED; UNIT ROOT;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; GLOBAL WARMING;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AGING POPULATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ELDERLY POPULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OECD; PANEL DATA; ROAD TRANSPORT;

EUROPE; JAPAN;

EID: 84859775657     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.02.033     Document Type: Article

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