This paper examined the long memory features of GDP per capita data before the global financial crisis, using a sample … across the sample period for each country. The results indicated that most of the countries' GDP series were I(1) or higher …

We construct the world's centers of gravity for human population, GDP and CO2 emissions by taking the best out of five … of gravity, we find a radical Western shift of GDP and CO2 emissions centers in the 19th century, in sharp contrast with … the stability of the demographic center of gravity. Both GDP and emissions trends are reversed in the first half of the 20 …