Industrial growth and emissions in emerging economies [Elektronische Ressource] : decomposition of manufacturing CO_1tn2-emissions from fuel combustion / vorgelegt von Eduardo Wirthmann Ferreira

Industrial growth and emissions in emerging economies Decomposition of manufacturing CO -emissions from fuel combustion 2 Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg Fakultät II für Informatik, Wirtschafts- und Rechtswissenschaften genehmigte Dissertation zur Erlangung des Grades eines Doktors der Wirtschaftswissenschaften (Dr. rer. pol.) vorgelegt von Eduardo Wirthmann Ferreira geboren am 23. April 1978 in Brasilia, Brasilien Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Heinz Welsch Zweitgutachter: Prof. Dr. Hans-Michael Trautwein Tag der Disputation: 25. Januar 2010 Abstract thGlobal climate change has become a key issue. Since the 19 century, greenhouse-gas emissions have increased dramatically, mainly through the burning of fossil fuels from the energy and industrial sectors. While capital-intensive industrialisation remains a synonym for development worldwide, few studies have so far analysed branch-level industrial emissions in developing countries. This research applies a divisia index decomposition for analysing the behaviour of carbon-dioxide emissions in the manufacturing sectors of Brazil, China, India and Mexico from 1985 to 2005. For that, a database was constructed with manufacturing branch-level data on value-added and carbon-dioxide emissions from fuel combustion.