Identifying key impact factors on carbon emission: Evidences from panel and time-series data of 125 countries from 1990 to 2011

Applied Energy

Volumn 187, Issue , 2017, Pages 310-325

  Shuai, Chenyang ^a   Shen, Liyin ^a   Jiao, Liudan ^a   Wu, Ya ^a   Tan, Yongtao ^b  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Carbon emission reduction; Global carbon emission; KIFs; Panel data; STIRPAT model; Time series data

Indexed keywords

EMISSION CONTROL; GLOBAL WARMING; HEALTH RISKS; POPULATION STATISTICS; TIME SERIES;

CARBON EMISSION REDUCTIONS; GLOBAL CARBON EMISSION; KIFS; PANEL DATA; STIRPAT MODELS; TIME-SERIES DATA;

CARBON;

CARBON EMISSION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GLOBAL WARMING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INCOME; PANEL DATA; POLICY MAKING; TIME SERIES;

EID: 85007210024     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.11.029     Document Type: Article

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