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HOUSEHOLD CARBON EMISSION FROM DRIVING AND CENTER CITY QUALITY OF LIFE
Ecological Economics (2015)
  • Matthew J. Holian, San Jose State University
  • Matthew E. Kahn, University of California, Los Angeles
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Abstract
In metropolitan areas with a vibrant center city, residents are more likely to live downtown, spend more time downtown and use public transit more. Due to these factors, we posit that household carbon emissions from the transportation sector will be lower in metropolitan areas with more vibrant center cities. We use metro-level and household-level data to test this hypothesis. In metropolitan areas where a larger share of college graduates live downtown, the center city's population grows faster and more people use public transit and drive less. We document that carbon emissions for a standardized household are lower in metropolitan areas featuring a higher concentration of college graduates living downtown.
Keywords
  • household carbon emission,
  • center city,
  • driving
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Publication Date
June, 2015
DOI
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.05.012
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Citation Information
Matthew J. Holian and Matthew E. Kahn. "HOUSEHOLD CARBON EMISSION FROM DRIVING AND CENTER CITY QUALITY OF LIFE" Ecological Economics Vol. 116 (2015) p. 362 - 368
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/matthew_holian/11/