CO2 emissions and economic activity: Short- and long-run economic determinants of scale, energy intensity and carbon intensity

Energy Policy

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 1285-1294

  Andersson, Fredrik N G ^a   Karpestam, Peter ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CO2 emissions; Economic growth; Short and long run

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL ACCUMULATION; DEVELOPED ECONOMIES; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH; SHORT AND LONG RUN; STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; EMISSION CONTROL;

ECONOMICS;

CAPITAL FLOW; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMY OF SCALE; EMISSION INVENTORY; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLICY APPROACH; POLLUTION TAX; PROFITABILITY;

EID: 84881660492     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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