Environment and productivities in developed and developing countries: the case of carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide.
We propose a productivity index for undesirable outputs such as carbon dioxide (CO(2)) and sulfur dioxide (SO(2)) emissions and measure it using data from 51 developed and developing countries over the period 1971-2000. About half of the countries exhibit the productivity growth. The changes in the productivity index are linked with their respective per capita income using a semi-parametric model. Our results show technological catch up of low-income countries. However, overall productivities both of SO(2) and CO(2) show somewhat different results.
Kumar
Surender
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Department of Policy Studies, TERI University, 10, Institutional Area, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110070, India.
Managi
Shunsuke
S
D000397:Air Pollution / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D019049:Developed Countries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003906:Developing Countries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004526:Efficiency; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D013458:Sulfur Dioxide
D013458:Sulfur Dioxide; D002245:Carbon Dioxide