The changing of the relationships between carbon footprints and final demand: Panel data evidence for 40 major countries

Energy Economics

Volumn 61, Issue , 2017, Pages 8-20

  Pablo Romero, María del P ^a,b   Sánchez Braza, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Carbon footprints; Final demand; Multilevel mixed effects model

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING;

EMISSIONS REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; FINAL DEMAND; MIXED EFFECTS MODELS; PANEL DATA; PER CAPITA; TWO-STEP PROCESS;

CARBON FOOTPRINT;

CARBON EMISSION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; DEMAND ELASTICITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PANEL DATA;

EUROPE;

EID: 84994910845     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2016.10.018     Document Type: Article

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