Economic growth, energy conservation and emissions reduction: A comparative analysis based on panel data for 8 Asian-Pacific countries

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2121-2131

  Niu, Shuwen ^a   Ding, Yongxia ^a   Niu, Yunzhu ^a   Li, Yixin ^a   Luo, Guanghua ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon emissions; Energy consumption; Panel data model

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSIONS; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY STRUCTURES; ENERGY USE; GDP GROWTH; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY; PANEL DATA; PANEL DATA MODEL; PANEL DATA MODELS; PER CAPITA; PER UNIT; TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INNOVATION; MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

CARBON EMISSION; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; INNOVATION; PANEL DATA;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC RIM;

EID: 79952315319     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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