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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111302
	The income inequality and carbon emissions trade-off revisited
	Rojas-Vallejos J.; Lastuka A.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0301-4215
卷号	139
英文摘要	This paper investigates the marginal effect of income inequality on carbon emissions per-capita. We use a panel consisting of 68 countries over a 50-year period from 1961 to 2010. We report estimates that support the hypothesis that there is a trade-off between carbon emissions per-capita and income inequality. This trade-off is not homogeneous across countries and depends upon the level of development measured by income per-capita. Using panel smooth transition regression, we find that this relationship is negative for countries with low to moderate income per-capita but becomes slightly positive after passing a threshold located around fifteen thousand 2011 US dollars. Moreover, the inequality elasticity of emissions per-capita is comparable in magnitude to its income elasticity. Therefore, both inequality and income levels are crucial to define policies to reduce carbon emissions. This implies a challenge to policymakers who pursue to reduce both income inequality and carbon emissions. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Carbon emissions; Income inequality; Quantitative methods
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Carbon; Elasticity; Carbon emissions; Income elasticities; Income inequality; Income levels; Marginal effects; Policy makers; Quantitative method; Smooth transition regressions; Economic and social effects; carbon emission; income distribution; quantitative analysis; trade-off
来源期刊	Energy policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/124817
作者单位	Facultad de Economia y Negocios, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile; Center for Sustainable Energy, San Diego, CA, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Rojas-Vallejos J.,Lastuka A.. The income inequality and carbon emissions trade-off revisited[J],2020,139.
APA	Rojas-Vallejos J.,&Lastuka A..(2020).The income inequality and carbon emissions trade-off revisited.Energy policy,139.
MLA	Rojas-Vallejos J.,et al."The income inequality and carbon emissions trade-off revisited".Energy policy 139(2020).