Investigating the effect of carbon leakage on the environmental Kuznets curve using luminosity data.

This paper studies the effect of carbon leakage on the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) using satellite nighttime light data. It shows that nighttime lighting is an important variable for estimating carbon dioxide emissions that is superior to other existing indicators and covers all countries in t...

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Publicado en:Environment & Development Economics Vol. 22; no. 6; pp. 747 - 771
Autores principales: Halkos, George, Managi, Shunsuke, Steinkraus, Arne
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Publicado: Cambridge University Press Dec2017
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          Halkos, George
          Managi, Shunsuke
          Steinkraus, Arne
        affil: Institute of Economics, TU Braunschweig, Spielmannstraße 9, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany. Tel: +0049 531 391 2567.
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        Economic indicators
        International trade
        Carbon dioxide & the environment
        Luminosity
        Kuznets curve
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          Industrial Gas Manufacturing
          International Trade Financing
          Carbon dioxide & the environment
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          Kuznets curve
      ab: This paper studies the effect of carbon leakage on the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) using satellite nighttime light data. It shows that nighttime lighting is an important variable for estimating carbon dioxide emissions that is superior to other existing indicators and covers all countries in the world, finding evidence of an inverted-U shaped relationship between light and, thus, greenhouse gas emissions and income, with a turning point at approximately US$50,000. However, the relationship is primarily driven by changes in the structure of international trade, implying strong carbon leakage effects. Consequently, environmental regulations that become operative in only one part of the world may fail without global coordination.
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