Factors affecting carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in China's transport sector: A dynamic nonparametric additive regression model

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 101, Issue , 2015, Pages 311-322

  Xu, Bin ^a   Lin, Boqiang ^b,c  

^a JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CO2 emissions; Nonparametric additive regression models; Transport sector

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECONOMICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HYBRID VEHICLES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

ADDITIVE REGRESSION; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CO2 EMISSIONS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVES; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; RAIL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION; TRANSPORT SECTORS;

FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84955651320     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.03.088     Document Type: Article

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