Crises and emissions: New empirical evidence from a large sample

Joao Jalles

Energy Policy, 2019, vol. 129, issue C, 880-895

Abstract: In this paper, we empirically assess by means of the local projection method, the impact of different types of financial crises on a variety of pollutant emissions categories for a sample of 86 countries between 1980 and 2012. We find that financial crises in general lead to a fall in CO2 and methane emissions. When hit by a debt crisis, a country experiences a rise in emissions stemming from either energy related activities or industrial processes. During periods of slack, financial crises in general had a positive impact on both methane and nitrous oxide emissions. If a financial crisis hit an economy when it was engaging in contractionary fiscal policies, this led to a negative response of CO2 and production-based emissions.

Keywords: Pollution; Greenhouse gases; Local projection method; Impulse response functions; Recessions; Fiscal expansions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E32 E6 F65 G01 O44 Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2019.02.061

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