Emissions and Growth : Trends and Cycles in a Globalized World /

Recent discussions of the extent of decoupling between greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and real gross domestic product (GDP) provide mixed evidence and have generated much debate. We show that to get a clear picture of decoupling it is important to distinguish cycles from trends: there is an Environm...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cohen, Gail
Other Authors: Jalles, Joao Tovar, Loungani, Prakash, Marto, Ricardo
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2017.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2017/191
Online Access:Full text available on IMF