Decomposing inequality in CO2 emissions: The role of primary energy carriers and economic sectors

Ecological Economics

Volumn 100, Issue , 2014, Pages 183-194

  Grunewald, Nicole ^a   Jakob, Michael ^b,c   Mouratiadou, Ioanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c MERCATOR RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON GLOBAL COMMONS AND CLIMATE CHANGE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate policy; CO2 emission inequality; Economic sectors; Gini decomposition by source

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOSSIL FUEL; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GLOBAL WARMING; INTEGRATED APPROACH;

EID: 84896761715     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.02.007     Document Type: Article

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