The relationship between economic growth, energy consumption, and CO2 emissions: Empirical evidence from China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 542, Issue , 2016, Pages 360-371

  Wang, Shaojian ^a   Li, Qiuying ^b   Fang, Chuanglin ^b   Zhou, Chunshan ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

CO2 emissions; Cointegration tests; Economic growth; Energy consumption; Granger causality tests

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; IMPULSE RESPONSE;

CO-INTEGRATION TESTS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; DEVELOPMENT SITUATIONS; DYNAMIC ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ENERGY SAVING AND EMISSION REDUCTIONS; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; IMPULSE RESPONSE ANALYSIS;

ECONOMICS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; POLICY MAKING; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHINA; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHINA;

EID: 84945353454     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.10.027     Document Type: Article

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