Fredrik N G Andersson
Associate professor
Income inequality and carbon emissions in the United States 1929–2019
Author
Summary, in English
This paper studies the relationship between income inequality and carbon emissions in the United States between 1929 and 2019. We contribute to the literature by studying if and how the relationship has varied over time. To this end we estimate a band spectrum regression model and a smooth-varying coefficients model. Our results show that higher inequality was associated with lower emissions during the early part of the sample and higher emissions towards the end of the sample.
Department/s
- Department of Economics
Publishing year
2023-02-01
Language
English
Publication/Series
Ecological Economics
Volume
204
Issue
A
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Elsevier
Topic
- Economics
Keywords
- inequality
- climate change
- carbon emissions
- income redistribution
- taxation
- inequality
- climate change
- greenhouse gas emissions
- income inequality
- taxation
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0921-8009