کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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242525 | 501875 | 2015 | 10 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
• Find province-level convergence of CO2 emissions in China.
• Use a novel, dynamic spatial dynamic panel data to evaluate convergence.
• Rate of convergence is higher with the spatial econometric models.
• Province-level CO2 emission intensities are spatially correlated.
This study offers a unique contribution to the literature by investigating the convergence of province-level carbon dioxide emission intensities among a panel of 30 provinces in China over the period 1990–2010. We use a novel, spatial dynamic panel data model to evaluate an empirically testable hypothesis of convergence among provinces. Our results suggest that: (1) CO2 emission intensities are converging across provinces in China; (2) the rate of convergence is higher with the dynamic panel data model than the cross-sectional regression models; and, (3) province-level CO2 emission intensities are spatially correlated and the rate of convergence, when controlling for spatial autocorrelation, is higher than with the non-spatial models.
Journal: Applied Energy - Volume 150, 15 July 2015, Pages 286–295