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Greenhouse Emissions and Productivity Growth

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  • Pantelis Kalaitzidakis

    (Department of Economics, University of Crete, Rethymno 74100, Greece)

  • Theofanis P. Mamuneas

    (Department of Economics, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, Nicosia 1678, Cyprus)

  • Thanasis Stengos

    (Department of Economics and Finance, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada)

Abstract

In this paper, we examine the effect of emissions, as measured by carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), on economic growth among a set of OECD countries during the period 1981–1998. We examine the relationship between total factor productivity (TFP) growth and emissions using a semiparametric smooth coefficient model that allow us to directly estimate the output elasticity of emissions. The results indicate that there exists a monotonically-increasing relationship between emissions and TFP growth. The output elasticity of CO 2 emissions is small with an average sample value of 0.07. In addition, we find an average contribution of CO 2 emissions to productivity growth of about 0.063 percent for the period 1981–1998.

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  • Pantelis Kalaitzidakis & Theofanis P. Mamuneas & Thanasis Stengos, 2018. "Greenhouse Emissions and Productivity Growth," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 11(3), pages 1-14, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jjrfmx:v:11:y:2018:i:3:p:38-:d:156902
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