Energy consumption, carbon emissions, and economic growth in China
This paper investigates the existence and direction of Granger causality between economic growth, energy consumption, and carbon emissions in China, applying a multivariate model of economic growth, energy use, carbon emissions, capital and urban population. Empirical results for China over the period 1960-2007 suggest a unidirectional Granger causality running from GDP to energy consumption, and a unidirectional Granger causality running from energy consumption to carbon emissions in the long run. Evidence shows that neither carbon emissions nor energy consumption leads economic growth. Therefore, the government of China can purse conservative energy policy and carbon emissions reduction policy in the long run without impeding economic growth.
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2009
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Authors: | Zhang, Xing-Ping ; Cheng, Xiao-Mei |
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Ecological Economics. - Elsevier, ISSN 0921-8009. - Vol. 68.2009, 10, p. 2706-2712
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Keywords: | Carbon dioxide emission Economic growth Energy consumption Granger causality Generalized impulse response function |
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