Bel i Queralt, Germà, 1963-Rosell i Segura, Jordi2017-05-112021-05-312017-050140-9883https://hdl.handle.net/2445/110844Concerns about the unequal distribution of greenhouse gas emissions attributable to mobility are gaining increasing attention in scholarly analyses as well as in the public policy arena. The factors influencing the emissions of individuals are largely undocumented, but they are assumed to be the same for all, be they low or high emitters. We use a household travel survey conducted in the metropolitan area of Barcelona to differentiate the factors that result in different rates of emission. It shows that the top 10% of emitters produce 49% of total emissions while 'non-daily' emitters make up 38.5% of the sample. We adopt a quantile regression approach, which reveals significant socioeconomic differences between groups of emitters. ...11 p.application/pdfengcc-by-nc-nd (c) Elsevier Ltd, 2017http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/esCompensació d'emissionsCanvi climàticEscalfament globalDiòxid de carboniCarbon offsettingClimatic changeGlobal warmingCarbon dioxideinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article6712072017-05-11info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess