Towards a Green Energy Economy? A macroeconomic-climate evaluation of Sweden's CO2 emissions

Applied Energy

Volumn 148, Issue , 2015, Pages 196-209

  Mundaca, Luis ^a   Román, Rocio ^b,c   Cansino, José M ^b,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

CO2 emissions; E 3 Indicators; econometric assessment; Embodied emissions; Multi Region input output analysis; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; INTERNATIONAL LAW;

ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRIC ASSESSMENT; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; EMBODIED EMISSIONS; INPUT OUTPUT ANALYSIS; PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; SWEDEN;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE MODELING; ECONOMETRICS; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MACROECONOMICS;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84926003785     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.03.029     Document Type: Article

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