Global Environmental Emissions Estimate: Application of Multiple Imputation

Miyama, Eriko and Managi, Shunsuke (2014): Global Environmental Emissions Estimate: Application of Multiple Imputation. Forthcoming in: Environmental Economics and Policy Studies (March 2014)

Abstract

A new database called the World Resource Table (WRT) is constructed in this study. Missing values are known to produce complications when constructing global databases. This study provides a solution for applying multiple imputation techniques and estimates the global environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) for CO2, SO2, PM10, and BOD. Policy implications for each type of emission are derived based on the results of the EKC. Finally, we predicted the future emissions trend and regional share of CO2 emissions. We found that East Asia and South Asia will be increasing their emissions share while other major CO2 emitters will still produce large shares of the total global emissions.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Global emissions; Multiple Imputation; Environmental Kuznets Curve; Missing data; Forecasting
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity > O44 - Environment and Growth

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