Urbanization, economic growth, and carbon dioxide emissions in China: A panel cointegration and causality analysis

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 131-152

  Liu, Yansui ^a,b,c   Yan, Bin ^a,b,d   Zhou, Yang ^a,b,c  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

CO2 emissions; economic growth; Granger causality; panel cointegration; urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84950313148     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-016-1259-2     Document Type: Article

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