Some empirics on the convergence of carbon dioxide emissions intensity across US states

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作者
Apergis, Nicholas [1 ]
Payne, James E. [2 ]
Topcu, Mert [3 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Piraeus, Dept Banking & Financial Management, Piraeus, Greece
[2] Benedictine Univ, Off Acad Affairs, Lisle, IL USA
[3] Nevsehir Haci Biktis Veli Univ, Dept Econ, Nevsehir, Turkey
[4] Georgia Coll & State Univ, J Whitney Bunting Coll Business, Milledgeville, GA USA
关键词
Carbon dioxide emissions intensity; convergence; US states; UNIT-ROOT TESTS; INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES; CO2; EMISSIONS; CHINA;
D O I
10.1080/15567249.2017.1310956
中图分类号
TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
学科分类号
0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要
This study examines the convergence of carbon dioxide emissions intensity across the 50 US states including the District of Columbia over the period 1997-2013 using a battery of tests. The results from cross-sectional tests of beta- and sigma-convergence lend support for overall convergence in carbon dioxide emissions intensity. On the other hand, panel unit root tests with allowance for endogenous structural breaks reveal that relative carbon dioxide emissions intensity contains a unit root, hence the absence of stochastic convergence.
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页码:831 / 837
页数:7
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