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Fredrik NG Andersson. Photo.

Fredrik N G Andersson

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Fredrik NG Andersson. Photo.

Income inequality and carbon emissions in the United States 1929–2019

Author

  • Fredrik N G Andersson

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
  • LU Profile Area: Nature-based future solutions

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