Threshold cointegration and nonlinear adjustment between CO 2 and income: The Environmental Kuznets Curve in Spain, 1857-2007

Energy Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2148-2156

  Esteve, Vicente ^a,b   Tamarit, Cecilio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

CO 2 emissions; Environmental Kuznets Curve; Nonlinear relationship; Threshold cointegration

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVES; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; NON-LINEARITY; PER CAPITA; PER CAPITA INCOME; SPANISH ECONOMY; THRESHOLD COINTEGRATION;

ECONOMICS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INCOME; KUZNETS CURVE; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL;

SPAIN;

EID: 84867700691     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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