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Purpose – This paper seeks to examine the impact of foreign direct investments (FDI) on air pollution in China using … pollution in particular after China joined to World Trade Organization in 2001. This paper provides a better understanding of … – The findings show that FDI has no negative impact on the air quality in China. Contrary to expectations, the presence of …
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costs within the China Energy Technology Program (CETP). China faces an enormous challenge, as it needs to meet the growing … dominant energy carrier in China, and its continued use causes enormous damage to public health and the environment. Such …
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To prepare for the 2008 Olympic Games, China adopted a number of radical measures to improve air quality. Using the …
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China is an emerging and leading world economy. The pace of economic change has been tremendously rapid since the … China, no previous study has tested the EKC in China because of the difficulty in obtaining data and the need to adjust the … data. The focus of this paper is to test the EKC in China using province level data over the period 1992-2003. This study …
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This paper presents a structural equation model of happiness, as influenced by inter alia perceived risk due to (i) intensity of exposure to polluted air, and (ii) hazard of pollutants. In addition, objective risk measured as proximity to the pollution source, is considered. The main finding is...
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This paper integrates two lines of research into a unified conceptual framework: trade in global value chains and embodied emissions. This allows both value added and emissions to be systematically traced at the country, sector, and bilateral levels through various production network routes. By...
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“normal” to most people living in mainland China. This has not only caused serious harm to public health, but also resulted in … massive economic losses in many other ways. Tackling the current air pollution has become crucial to China’s long … the possible solutions by reviewing the current literature, and by comparing China’s air pollution regulations to that of …
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in China during the pre-reform (1952-1978) and post-reform (1979-2007) periods, this will be done via cointegration … relationship between income inequality and economic growth in China during the pre and post reform periods. A significant and … causality from inequality to growth, pre-reform China was basically an egalitarian society. In the pre-reform period, the low …
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The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) performed for the China Energy Technology Program (CETP) has established streamlined …
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Coal consumption accounts for about two thirds of the primary energy consumption in China. High economic growth has … listed it as one of the emphases for development of future energy technologies. This paper analyses China's progress in the …
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