The greenness of China: Household carbon dioxide emissions and urban development

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 761-792

  Zheng, Siqi ^a   Wang, Rui ^b   Glaeser, Edward L ^b,c   Kahn, Matthew E ^b,d  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Greenhouse gas; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FOOTPRINT; GREENHOUSE GAS; INCOME; TEMPERATURE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 80051703058     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbq031     Document Type: Article

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