This study is based on a balanced panel of pollutants (CO2, SO2 and NOx emissions per capita) drawn from the electricity sector of 51 US regions covering the period 1990-2012. The empirical findings indicate strong evidence of non-linear cointegrated relationships between local (SO2 and NOX) and...

This study attempts to evaluate the energy and carbon footprint within the framework of international environmental treaties and the efforts made by 11 large polluting countries to mitigate climate change. The econometric methodology accounts for the presence of cross-sectional dependence while...