TY - JOUR
T1 - Evolution of the global distribution of carbon dioxide
T2 - A finite mixture analysis
AU - Battisti, Michele
AU - Delgado, Michael S.
AU - Parmeter, Christopher F.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2015/11/1
Y1 - 2015/11/1
N2 - Economists and environmental policymakers have recently begun advocating a bottom-up approach to climate change mitigation, focusing on reduction targets for groups of nations, rather than large scale global policies. We advance this discussion by conducting a rigorous empirical analysis of the global distribution of carbon emissions along several important dimensions: groupings, polarization, mobility, and volatility. In contrast to previous work, our empirical analysis is both comprehensive and data-driven. We discuss how robust empirical evidence may aid policymakers in forging a heterogeneous carbon abatement policy.
AB - Economists and environmental policymakers have recently begun advocating a bottom-up approach to climate change mitigation, focusing on reduction targets for groups of nations, rather than large scale global policies. We advance this discussion by conducting a rigorous empirical analysis of the global distribution of carbon emissions along several important dimensions: groupings, polarization, mobility, and volatility. In contrast to previous work, our empirical analysis is both comprehensive and data-driven. We discuss how robust empirical evidence may aid policymakers in forging a heterogeneous carbon abatement policy.
KW - Abatement policy
KW - Carbon emissions
KW - Emissions groups
KW - Finite mixture models
KW - Heterogeneity
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U2 - 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2015.06.004
DO - 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2015.06.004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84937882375
VL - 42
SP - 31
EP - 52
JO - Resources and Energy Economics
JF - Resources and Energy Economics
SN - 0928-7655
ER -