How industrialization and urbanization process impacts on CO2 emissions in China: Evidence from nonparametric additive regression models

Energy Economics

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 188-202

  Xu, Bin ^a   Lin, Boqiang ^b  

^a JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CO2 emissions; Industrialization; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN GROWTH;

ADDITIVE REGRESSION; DYNAMIC EFFECTS; EASTERN REGIONS; INDUSTRIALIZATION; NON-LINEAR IMPACT; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; NON-PARAMETRIC; URBANIZATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84922691866     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2015.01.005     Document Type: Article

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