Emissions of SO2, NOx, and CO2, in Transition Economies: Emission Inventories and Divisia Index Analysis

Laurent Viguier

The Energy Journal, 1999, vol. 20, issue 2, 59-87

Abstract: This paper analyses SO2, NOx, and CO2 emissions in three Eastern countries (Hungary, Poland and Russia) and in three OECD countries (France, the United Kingdom and the United States) for 1971-1994. The energy balances method is used to evaluate the emissions from major economic sectors. The emphasis is on explaining high levels of per capita emissions in transition economies. The analysis of the environment-economic growth relationship shows high emission intensities compared to OECD countries. A Divisia index approach is used to decompose the change in emission intensities into the effects of four components: emission factors, fuel mix, economic structure, and energy intensity. The main contribution to high emission intensities in transition economies is from the persistence of high energy intensities.

Keywords: Divisia index; air pollution; carbon dioxide; sulfur dioxide; nitrogen oxides; environmental regulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol20-No2-3

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