Evolution of the global distribution of carbon dioxide: A finite mixture analysis

Michele Battisti, Michael S. Delgado and Christopher Parmeter

Resource and Energy Economics, 2015, vol. 42, issue C, 31-52

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Carbon emissions; Emissions groups; Heterogeneity; Abatement policy; Finite mixture models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C30 C38 Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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Working Paper: Evolution of the Global Distribution of Carbon Dioxide: A Finite Mixture Analysis (2013)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2015.06.004

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