Explanatory factors of CO2 per capita emission inequality in the European Union
Padilla, Emilio (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada)
Duro, Juan Antonio (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada

Date:	2011
Description:	25 p.
Abstract:	The design of European mitigation policies requires a detailed examination of the factors explaining the unequal emissions in the different countries. This research analyzes the evolution of inequality in CO2 per capita emissions in the European Union (EU-27) in the 1990-2006 period and its explanatory factors. For this purpose, we decompose the Theil index of inequality into the contributions of the different Kaya factors. The decomposition is also applied to the inequality between and within groups of countries (North Europe, South Europe, and East Europe). The analysis shows an important reduction in inequality, to a large extent due to the smaller differences between groups and because of the lower contribution of the energy intensity factor. The importance of the GDP per capita factor increases and becomes the main explanatory factor. However, within the different groups of countries the carbonization index appears to be the most relevant factor in explaining inequalities.
Grants:	Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación ECO2010-18158 Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación ECO2009-10003 Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2009/SGR-600
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Language:	Anglès
Series:	Departament d'Economia Aplicada. Documents de treball
Series:	Document de treball (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; 1107
Document:	Working paper
Subject:	Diòxid de carboni ; Aspectes ambientals ; Unió Europea, Països de la

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