Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Aurelie Slechten
Author-Name-First: Aurelie
Author-Name-Last: Slechten
Author-Name: Vincenzo Verardi
Author-Name-First: Vincenzo
Author-Name-Last: Verardi
Title: Assessing the effectiveness of global air-pollution treaties on CO2 emissions
Abstract: This paper considers the effect of international air-pollution agreements ratified since 1970 on carbon dioxide emissions (CO2), the main cause of anthropogenic climate change. The analysis is based on a panel dataset of 150 countries over the period 1970-2008. While the literature generally focuses on one particular agreement, we analyze the effect of the accumulation of agreements using a two-way (country, year) fixed effects regression model. We find that the relationship between the number of ratifications and CO2 emissions is statistically significant and linearly decreasing.
Creation-Date: 2014
File-URL: http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/documents/lums/economics/working-papers/AssessingAirPollutionAgreements.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
Number: 64981625
Classification-JEL: 
Keywords: Air-pollution treaties, CO2 emissions, Panel data
Handle: RePEc:lan:wpaper:64981625