Event Title
Impacts of Income, Trade, and Government Regulation on Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Faculty Sponsor
Jeff Summers
Location
Jereld R. Nicholson Library
Date
5-11-2012 3:00 PM
End Date
5-11-2012 4:30 PM
Subject Area
Economics (applied)
Description
This paper analyzes the impact of income, trade, and government regulation on per capita carbon dioxide emissions in a panel data set of 120 countries. We specified an economic model to test the impact each of the variables has on carbon dioxide emissions. We formed our model based on the environmental Kuznets curve theory. Our regression results gave supporting evidence for the existence of the environmental Kuznets curve. We also found that trade has a significant impact on carbon dioxide emission levels. Government regulation behaved like an irrelevant variable, so it was not included in the final model.
Recommended Citation
Grainey, Katherine and McClellan, Heather, "Impacts of Income, Trade, and Government Regulation on Carbon Dioxide Emissions" (2012). Science and Social Sciences. Event. Submission 19.
https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/studsymp_sci/2012/all/19
Impacts of Income, Trade, and Government Regulation on Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Jereld R. Nicholson Library
This paper analyzes the impact of income, trade, and government regulation on per capita carbon dioxide emissions in a panel data set of 120 countries. We specified an economic model to test the impact each of the variables has on carbon dioxide emissions. We formed our model based on the environmental Kuznets curve theory. Our regression results gave supporting evidence for the existence of the environmental Kuznets curve. We also found that trade has a significant impact on carbon dioxide emission levels. Government regulation behaved like an irrelevant variable, so it was not included in the final model.