An empirical study of direct rebound effect for passenger transport in urban China

Energy Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 452-460

  Wang, H ^a   Zhou, P ^a   Zhou, D Q ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Energy efficiency; Passenger transport; Rebound effect

Indexed keywords

CHINA; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; LINEAR APPROXIMATIONS; PASSENGER TRANSPORT; PER CAPITA; REBOUND EFFECT; SYSTEM MODELS; TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION; TRANSPORT ENERGY; TRANSPORT SECTORS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; URBAN TRANSPORT;

CHINA;

EID: 84857370973     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2011.09.010     Document Type: Article

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