Conference paper
Population ageing and CO2 emission: Empirical evidence from high income OECD countries
World Business Institute
Proceedings of the World Business and Economics Research Conference, Hoque, M. (ed) (Auckland, New Zealand, 12/12/2011–13/12/2011)
2011
Abstract
This article attempts to examine the effects of population ageing on CO2 emission in 25 high income OECD countries in the framework of Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC). Using a relatively new cointegration technique and fully modified ordinary least square in a panel data over 1980-2009 the empirical results find evidence of inverted-U shaped EKC in these OECD countries. Specifically, empirical results demonstrate that per capita CO2 emission increases initially with economic growth; however, after reaching a per capita income level of US$ 24,657 it starts falling. With regard to ageing, the cointegrating vector indicates that a one percent increase in the share of aged population will reduce per capita CO2 emission by 1.55 percentin the long run.
Details
- Title
- Population ageing and CO2 emission: Empirical evidence from high income OECD countries
- Authors/Creators
- R. Salim (Author/Creator)K. Hassan (Author/Creator)
- Conference
- Proceedings of the World Business and Economics Research Conference, Hoque, M. (ed) (Auckland, New Zealand, 12/12/2011–13/12/2011)
- Publisher
- World Business Institute
- Identifiers
- 991005541941507891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference paper
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