Low-carbon transition of iron and steel industry in China: Carbon intensity, economic growth and policy intervention

Journal of Environmental Sciences (China)

Volumn 28, Issue , 2015, Pages 137-147

  Yu, Bing ^a   Li, Xiao ^a   Qiao, Yuanbo ^b   Shi, Lei ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

China; CO2 emission reduction; Economic growth; Iron and steel industry; Vector autoregression (VAR)

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; IMPULSE RESPONSE; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STEELMAKING;

CHINA; CO2 EMISSION REDUCTION; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; IMPULSE RESPONSE ANALYSIS; LOW-CARBON TRANSITIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSIONS;

LOW CARBON STEEL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION;

CHINA;

AIR POLLUTANT; CARBON;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHINA; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; METALLURGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON; CHINA; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; METALLURGY; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84924853633     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: 18787320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2014.04.020     Document Type: Article

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