Income inequality and carbon dioxide emissions: The case of Chinese urban households

Energy Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1864-1872

  Golley, Jane ^a   Meng, Xin ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide emissions; Household consumption; Income inequality; Urban China

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION; INCOME INEQUALITY; INCOME LEVELS; INTERMEDIATE INPUTS; PER CAPITA; POOR HOUSEHOLDS; SURVEY DATA; URBAN CHINAS; URBAN-HOUSEHOLD;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GLOBAL WARMING;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECONOMETRICS; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; URBAN ECONOMY;

CHINA;

EID: 84865562043     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2012.07.025     Document Type: Article

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