Wealth inequality and CO2 emissions in emerging economies: The case of BRICS

Goodness C. Aye

No wp-2020-161, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: As the world battles with the triple problems of social, economic, and environmental challenges, it has become important to focus both policy and research efforts on these. Therefore, this study examines the effect of wealth inequality on CO 2 emissions in five emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The top decile of wealth share was used as a measure of wealth inequality, while CO 2 emissions per capita were used as a measure of CO 2 emissions.

Keywords: Emissions; Fixed effects; Random effects; Wealth inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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