China’s provincial CO2 emissions embodied in trade with implications for regional climate policy

Frontiers of Earth Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 77-90

  Zhong, Zhangqi ^a   Huang, Rui ^a   Tang, Qinneng ^b   Cong, Xiaonan ^c   Wang, Zheng ^a,b  

^a East China Normal University   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Science   (China)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Multi regional input output analysis; Value of trade

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EXPORT; IMPORT; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TRADE FLOW;

CHINA;

EID: 85027955525     PISSN: 20950195     EISSN: 20950209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11707-014-0450-y     Document Type: Article

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