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Greenhouse gas emissions and the energy system: decomposition analysis and the environmental Kuznets curve
Borghesi, Simone; Vercelli, Alessandro - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper discusses to what extent the recent trends in energy consumption and production are compatible with the requirements of sustainable development. For this purpose, starting from a simple identity applied to the energy sector, we use the decomposition analysis to derive a few analytical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008765082
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Interrelationships and Causal Linkages Between Socioeconomic and Environmental Factors
Mariam, Yohannes; Barre, Mike; Urquhart, Lynda; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1997
The purpose of this study was to examine interrelationship and causal linkages between socioeconomic and environmental variables in OECD countries. To aid this study, a LISREL modelling tool was implemented. The findings of the study indicated that gross public debt increases with deterioration...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005619745
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Competitiveness and environmental protection: a dirty dilemma
Oliver, Geoffrey; Basak, Rishi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
additional costs on business and affect economic competitiveness. This paper discusses the links between environmental protection … (and government policies and regulations more generally) and competitiveness. It provides a brief discussion on the nature … of competitiveness, presents a Prisoners’ Dilemma model of firm and government strategies that incorporates competition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109032
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Climate Impacts in Europe - The JRC PESETA II Project
Ciscar, Juan-Carlos; Feyen, Luc; Soria, Antonio; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The objective of the JRC PESETA II project is to gain insights into the sectoral and regional patterns of climate change impacts in Europe by the end of this century. The study uses a large set of climate model runs and impact categories (ten impacts: agriculture, energy, river floods, droughts,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111444
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The environmental Kuznets curve, economic growth, renewable and non-renewable energy, and trade in Tunisia
Ben Jebli, Mehdi; Ben Youssef, Slim - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
We use the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds testing approach for cointegration with structural breaks and the vector error correction model (VECM) Granger causality approach in order to investigate relationships between per capita CO2 emissions, GDP, renewable and non-renewable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011118548
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Empirical relationship between charcoal production and the social cost of carbon emissions.
Ackah, Ishmael - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
There have been increased attention on how man’s activities affect the environment negatively especially in developed countries. However, there are countless number of activities such as charcoal production and electricity generation from oil in developing countries that have potential carbon...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011170129
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The environmental Kuznets curve, economic growth, renewable and non-renewable energy, and trade in Tunisia
Ben Jebli, Mehdi; Ben Youssef, Slim - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
We use the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds approach to cointegration in order to investigate the short and long-run relationship between per capita CO2 emission, GDP, renewable and non-renewable energy consumption and trade openness for Tunisia during the period 1980-2009. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109261
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The dynamic interaction between combustible renewables and waste consumption and international tourism: The case of Tunisia
Ben Jebli, Mehdi; Ben Youssef, Slim; Apergis, Nicholas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This paper employs the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) bounds methodological approach to investigate the relationship between economic growth, combustible renewables and waste consumption, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and international tourism for the case of Tunisia spanning the period...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111414
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Implications of integrating electricity supply dynamics into life cycle assessment: a case study of renewable distributed generation
Amor, Mourad Ben; Gaudreault, Caroline; Pineau, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Electricity supply is frequently cited as a significant hot spot in life cycle assessment (LCA) results. Despite its importance, however, LCA research continues to overuse simplified methodologies regarding electricity supply modeling. This work aims to demonstrate the usefulness of electricity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112254
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Recent Evidence on Residential Electricity Consumption Determinants: A Panel Two-Stage Least Squares Analysis, 2001-2005
Cebula, Richard; Herder, Nate - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This empirical study seeks to provide evidence identifying key factors that have influenced per residential customer electricity consumption in the U.S. during recent years. This empirical analysis takes the form of P2SLS (panel two-stage least squares) estimations. State-level data are adopted...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112959