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OXFORD ECONOMIC PAPERS-NEW SERIES
Volume 52, Issue 4, Pages 651-669Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/oep/52.4.651
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We find that the distribution of income matters to aggregate carbon dioxide emissions and hence global warming. Higher inequality, both between and within countries is associated with lower carbon emissions at given average incomes. We also confirm that economic growth generally comes with higher emissions. Thus our results suggest that trade-offs exist between climate control ton the one hand) and both social equity and economic growth ton the other). However, economic growth improves the trade off with equity, and lower inequality improves the trade off with growth. By combining growth with equity, more pro-poor growth processes yield better longer-term trajectories of carbon emissions.
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