Is China's carbon reduction target allocation reasonable? An analysis based on carbon intensity convergence

Applied Energy

Volumn 142, Issue , 2015, Pages 229-239

  Hao, Yu ^a   Liao, Hua ^a   Wei, Yi Ming ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; CO2 intensity of GDP; Convergence; Panel data

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DECISION MAKING; POPULATION STATISTICS; PUBLIC POLICY; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CHINA; CONVERGENCE; ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS; ECONOMIC INDICATORS; ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURES; PANEL DATA; POPULATION DENSITIES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON EMISSION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; PANEL DATA; POLICY MAKING; STATE ROLE; STOCHASTICITY;

CHINA;

EID: 84921060742     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.12.056     Document Type: Article

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