Dieselization and Road Transport CO2 Emissions

Road transport carbon dioxide emissions were analyzed, by focusing on a panel of 14 European countries for the time span 1995-2007. We deal with the existence of contemporaneous correlation by using the Panel Corrected Standard Errors estimator. We extend the empirical literature by controlling the...

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Main Author: Marques, António Cardoso (author)
Other Authors: Fuinhas, José Alberto (author), Gonçalves, Bruno Miguel (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/6767
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ubibliorum.ubi.pt:10400.6/6767
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Summary:Road transport carbon dioxide emissions were analyzed, by focusing on a panel of 14 European countries for the time span 1995-2007. We deal with the existence of contemporaneous correlation by using the Panel Corrected Standard Errors estimator. We extend the empirical literature by controlling the effect of new diesel passenger car registrations and the average power of those vehicles. The price of gasoline and income reduce road transport carbon dioxide emis-sions, while population density and average power of new diesel passenger cars raises those emissions. We deepen the debate about dieselization, concluding that saving emissions by using diesel tend to be surpassed by the increased kilo-meters driven.