Does urbanization lead to more carbon emission? Evidence from a panel of BRICS countries

Applied Energy

Volumn 168, Issue , 2016, Pages 375-380

  Wang, Yuan ^a,b   Li, Li ^a   Kubota, Jumpei ^b   Han, Rong ^a   Zhu, Xiaodong ^a   Lu, Genfa ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

BRICS countries; Carbon emission; Panel Granger causality; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

TECHNOLOGY;

BRICS COUNTRIES; CARBON EMISSIONS; COINTEGRATION RELATIONSHIP; CROSS SECTIONAL DEPENDENCE; GRANGER CAUSALITY; NON-STATIONARITIES; PANEL CO INTEGRATIONS; URBANIZATION;

ENERGY RESOURCES;

CARBON EMISSION; COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; EQUILIBRIUM; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; HETEROGENEITY; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; POLICY MAKING; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84957884065     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.01.105     Document Type: Article

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