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Gibrat’s law for CO2 emissions revisited

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  • Guillermo Peña
  • Miguel Puente-Ajovín
  • Fernando Sanz Gracia

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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.

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  • Guillermo Peña & Miguel Puente-Ajovín & Fernando Sanz Gracia, 2025. "Gibrat’s law for CO2 emissions revisited," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(6), pages 825-829, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:32:y:2025:i:6:p:825-829
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2023.2289893
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