Are CO2 emissions converging in the European Union? Policy implications

Rafael Morales-Lage (), Aurelia Bengochea-Morancho () and Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso
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Rafael Morales-Lage: Universitat Jaume I
Aurelia Bengochea-Morancho: Universitat Jaume I

Notas Económicas, 2019, issue 49, 63-82

Abstract: This paper focuses on the process of convergence in per capita CO2 emissions that would occur if the measures taken by the European Union to meet the Kyoto Protocol commitments had been effective. We apply a time series and cross-sectional analysis to test for the existence of convergence among countries and for different economic sectors. The sample covers data for the 28 member countries from 1960 to 2012. The results show weak absolute convergence across countries but clear evidence of conditional convergence, with GDP, the weight of industrial sector and the use of renewable energies being the main drivers of divergence. Concerning sectors, there is an increase of emissions in the agricultural sector, but a reduction in the industrial and energy sectors. Different patterns arise in the energy subsectors where manufacturing and electricity notably reduced their emissions while the transport sector increased them in all countries.

Keywords: Convergence; CO2 emissions; European Union. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q43 Q48 Q53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.14195/2183-203X_49_5

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