The changing effect of economic development on the consumption-based carbon intensity of well-being, 1990-2008

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Jorgenson, Andrew K ^a   Givens, Jennifer ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CARBON INTENSITY OF WELL BEING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ELASTICITY COEFFICIENT; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; WELLBEING; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84929380321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123920     Document Type: Article

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