Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/320155 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Citation: 
[Journal:] The European Journal of Comparative Economics (EJCE) [ISSN:] 1824-2979 [Volume:] 17 [Issue:] 1 [Year:] 2020 [Pages:] 73-102
Publisher: 
University Carlo Cattaneo (LIUC), Castellanza
Abstract: 
This study examines the main driving forces affecting short- and long-term CO2 emissions pattern due to changes in growth and income inequality for 11 Mediterranean economies over the period 1990-2012. It proposes an autoregressive dynamic distributive lag dynamic panel specification to (i) test for non-linearity between income inequality and CO2 emissions, (ii) assess whether there is a differentiated effect of income inequality on CEO2 emissions depending on the level of GDP, and (iii) test for other sources of non-linearity between income inequality and CO2 emissions. The results indicate a negative and significant association between income inequality and carbon emissions which means that greater inequality leads to environmental degradation. However, in the short-run, the results show a positive and significant relationship between the income inequality and CO2 emissions.
Subjects: 
Income inequality
Environmental degradation
Economic growth
Heterogeneous panel
JEL: 
C2
O1
Q5
R1
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Document Type: 
Article

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