Carbon Kuznets Curves: Long-run Structural Dynamics and Policy Events

Massimiliano Mazzanti and Antonio Musolesi

No 55286, Sustainable Development Papers from Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)

Abstract: We study the structural differences among climate change leading ‘factors’ - Northern EU members -, and lagging actors - southern EU countries and the ‘Umbrella group’ - with regard to long run carbon-income relationships. Homogeneous and heterogeneous panel models show that the groups of countries less in favour of stringent climate policy have yet to experience a Kuznets curve, though they show relative delinking. Northern EU instead robustly shows bell shapes. Exogenous policy events such as the 1992 climate change convention appear to be relevant in shaping the EKC of Northern EU. In addition, other events such as the second oil price shock appear to have also impacted in shaping the long run emission/GDP dynamics.

Keywords: Environmental; Economics; and; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.55286

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