Assessing CO2 emissions in China's iron and steel industry: A dynamic vector autoregression model

Applied Energy

Volumn 161, Issue , 2016, Pages 375-386

  Xu, Bin ^a   Lin, Boqiang ^b,c  

^a JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b MINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide emissions; Iron and steel industry; Vector autoregression model

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GLOBAL WARMING; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; INVESTMENTS; IRON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STEELMAKING;

AVERAGE ANNUAL GROWTH RATES; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS; RAPID URBANIZATIONS; URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION MODELS; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSIVE MODEL;

IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GROWTH RATE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; OPTIMIZATION; URBANIZATION; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION;

CHINA;

EID: 84945206147     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.10.039     Document Type: Article

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