Does population have a larger impact on carbon dioxide emissions than income? Evidence from a cross-regional panel analysis in China

Applied Energy

Volumn 180, Issue , 2016, Pages 800-809

  Zhou, Yang ^a,b,c   Liu, Yansui ^a,b,c  

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

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; CO2 emissions; Demographic change; Energy use; Income growth; STIRPAT model

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; POPULATION STATISTICS;

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; ENERGY USE; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURES; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY; STIRPAT MODELS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

AGE STRUCTURE; CARBON EMISSION; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GLOBAL WARMING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INCOME; NUMERICAL MODEL; PANEL DATA; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; URBANIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84981501587     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.08.035     Document Type: Article

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