Are chinese green transport policies effective a new perspective from direct pollution rebound effect, and empirical evidence from the road transport sector

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Qiu, Lu Yi ^a   He, Ling Yun ^b,c  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Direct rebound effect; Policy effectiveness; Road passenger transport

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLLUTION CONTROL; REDUCTION; ROAD TRANSPORT; STATE ROLE; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

CHINA;

EID: 85015847725     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su9030429     Document Type: Article

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