Efficient but getting wet feet: A not-entirely-frivolous note on the side-effects of growth-promoting institutions

Using data covering 38 countries across the 1965–2005 period, this paper shows that former British colonies tend to exhibit higher levels of carbon dioxide emission than other countries.

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Lyttkens, Carl Hampus ; Westerlund, Joakim ; Andersson, Tommy
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 115.2012, 1, p. 118-121
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Institutions \| Colony \| Carbon dioxide

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	F54 - Colonialism; Imperialism; Postcolonialism ; Q50 - Environmental Economics. General
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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