GHG Emissions and the Rural-Urban Divide. A Carbon Footprint Analysis Based on the German Official Income and Expenditure Survey

Ecological Economics

Volumn 145, Issue , 2018, Pages 160-169

  Gill, Bernhard ^a   Moeller, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Density effect; Environmental taxes; Germany; Income and expenditure survey; Social equity

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL TAX; EQUITY; GREENHOUSE GAS; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; POLICY REFORM; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

GERMANY;

EID: 85034068798     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.09.004     Document Type: Article

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