CO 2 emissions and economic activity: Heterogeneity across countries and non-stationary series

Energy Policy

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 370-381

  Piaggio, Matías ^a,b   Padilla, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Bound test; Carbon dioxide emissions; Economic growth; Environmental Kuznets curve; Heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

BOUND TEST; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVES; HETEROGENEITY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL WARMING;

ECONOMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; KUZNETS CURVE;

EID: 84861226008     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.03.074     Document Type: Article

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