Gibrat’s law for CO ₂ emissions revisited

Peña, Guillermo (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Puente-Ajovín, Miguel (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Sanz Gracia, Fernando (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: This study revises the results of two authors who concluded that Gibrat’s Law could not be rejected for CO2 emissions and per capita CO2 emissions. We revisit this topic using a more recent and distinct statistical methodology. Our main result is that Gibrat’s Law for CO2 emissions, both in absolute and in per capita terms, does not hold in a majority of cases. The fulfilment of Gibrat’s Law in this case seems to be a short-term phenomenon, in contrast to the patterns observed in cities within countries such as the USA.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2023.2289893

Año: 2023

Publicado en: APPLIED ECONOMICS LETTERS 32, 6 (2023), 825-829
ISSN: 1350-4851

Factor impacto JCR: 1.2 (2023)

Categ. JCR: ECONOMICS rank: 341 / 600 = 0.568 (2023) - Q3 - T2

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 2.9 - Economics and Econometrics (Q2)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.376 - Economics and Econometrics (Q3)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/PID2020-112773GB-I00
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/UZ/JIUZ-2022-CSJ-19

Tipo y forma: Article (PostPrint)

Área (Departamento): Área Fund. Análisis Económico (Dpto. Análisis Económico)