Decoupling CO2 emission and economic growth in China: Is there consistency in estimation results in analyzing environmental Kuznets curve?

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 166, Issue , 2017, Pages 1448-1461

  Riti, Joshua Sunday ^a,b   Song, Deyong ^a   Shu, Yang ^a   Kamah, Miriam ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

China; CO2 emission; Economic growth; EKC; Energy consumption

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; IMPULSE RESPONSE;

CHINA; CO2 EMISSIONS; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVES; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES; ORDINARY LEAST SQUARES; VARIANCE DECOMPOSITION;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 85029157168     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.08.117     Document Type: Article

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