Fuel demand, road transport pollution emissions and residents' health losses in the transitional China

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue , 2016, Pages 45-59

  Yang, Sheng ^a   He, Ling Yun ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution emissions; Demand price elasticities; Health losses; Pollution emissions elasticities; Road transport fuel demand system

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COSTS; ECONOMICS; ELASTICITY; FUELS; HEALTH; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; POLLUTION; ROADS AND STREETS; TRANSPORTATION;

DEMAND-PRICE ELASTICITY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; POLLUTION CONCENTRATION; POLLUTION EMISSIONS; ROAD TRANSPORT SECTORS; ROAD TRANSPORTS; TRANSITIONAL CHINAS; TRANSMISSION MECHANISMS;

AIR POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FUEL; PRICE DYNAMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

CHINA;

EID: 84947924903     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2015.10.019     Document Type: Article

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