Bergquist, P., Warshaw, C. How climate policy commitments influence energy systems and the economies of US states. Nat Commun

Objective:

• Use estimates of state climate policy to examine the environmental and economic consequences of state climate policies

Case:

• US states

Methodology:

• Climate policy index
• Bayesian factor analysis
• Time-series cross-sectional OLS

Data Source

• Climate policy
• GDP
• Carbon emission

Findings:

• More stringent state climate policy regimes are associated with meaningful reductions in CO2 emissions

• No evidence suggests that more stringent climate policies undermine economic growth in the states

Coding Reference:

• R