Are the determinants of CO2 emissions converging among OECD countries?

Mariam Camarero, Andres Picazo-Tadeo and Cecilio Tamarit

Economics Letters, 2013, vol. 118, issue 1, 159-162

Abstract: This paper studies convergence in CO2emission intensity (CO2 emissions over GDP) among OECD countries over the period 1960-2008 based on its determinants, namely, energy intensity (energy consumption over GDP) and the so-called carbonisation index (CO2 emissions over energy consumption). We apply the Phillips and Sul (2007) methodology, which tests for the existence of convergence clubs. Our results highlight that differences in emission intensity convergence are more determined by differences in convergence of the carbonisation index rather than by differences in the dynamic convergence of energy intensity.

Keywords: Convergence; OECD; CO2emission intensity; Energy intensity; Carbonisation index (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C15 C22 Q53 Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.10.009

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