The spatiotemporal evolution of U.S. Carbon dioxide Emissions: Stylized facts and implications for climate Policy

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 672-689

  Baldwin, James G ^a   Wing, Ian Sue ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FORECASTING METHOD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887729780     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jors.12028     Document Type: Article

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