The Implications of a Break-Up of China for Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Richard Tol

Working Paper Series from Department of Economics, University of Sussex Business School

Abstract: The transition from autocracy to democracy may lead a country to break-up. The break-ups of the USSR and Yugoslavia led to sharp falls in emissions. If something similar would happen in China, projected emissions would fall by 50% or more. Break-up uncertainty dominates other scenario uncertainty.

Keywords: China; scenarios; carbon dioxide emissions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-09
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