RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Measuring the Impact of Multiple Air Pollution Agreements on Global CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions
JF Land Economics
JO Land Econ
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 534
OP 554
DO 10.3368/le.92.3.534
VO 92
IS 3
A1 Slechten, Aurélie
A1 Verardi, Vincenzo
YR 2016
UL http://le.uwpress.org/content/92/3/534.abstract
AB This paper studies the effect on CO2 emissions of the various agreements that follow the Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Convention and are related to acid rain problems. The analysis is based on a panel dataset of 150 countries over the period 1970–2008 and deals with the problems linked to the analysis of multiple agreements (e.g., time and membership overlap). We show that ratifying an additional treaty has a significant and negative impact on the level of CO2 emissions, even if it is not targeted toward CO2. (JEL Q53, Q54)