Energy efficiency convergence across countries in the context of China's Belt and Road initiative

Applied Energy

Volumn 213, Issue , 2018, Pages 112-122

  Han, Lei ^a,b   Han, Botang ^a   Shi, Xunpeng ^b,c,d   Su, Bin ^b   Lv, Xin ^a   Lei, Xiao ^e  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (China)

^e BEIJING INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Convergence; Energy efficiency; Regional cooperation; Trade integration; Belt and Road

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INTEGRATION; PUBLIC POLICY; ROADS AND STREETS;

CHINA; CONVERGENCE; CONVERGENCE PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOME; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY; LOW INCOME COUNTRIES; REGIONAL COOPERATION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 85041468059     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.01.030     Document Type: Article

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