An investigation into the relationship between China's economic development and carbon dioxide emissions

The authors examine the potentially asymmetrical relationship between economic development and consumption-based and production-based CO2 emissions. They decompose economic development into economic expansions and contractions, measured separately as increases and decreases in gross domestic product per capita, and examine their unique effects on emissions. Analyzing cross-national data from 1990 to 2014, the authors find no statistical evidence of asymmetry for the overall sample. However, for a sample restricted to nations with populations larger than 10 million, the authors observe a contraction-leaning asymmetry whereby the effects of economic contraction on both emissions outcomes are larger in magnitude than the effects of economic expansion. This difference in magnitude is more pronounced for consumption-based emissions than for production-based emissions. The authors provide tentative explanations for the variations in results across the different samples and emissions measures and underscore the need for more nuanced research and deeper theorization on potential asymmetry in the relationship between economic development and anthropogenic emissions.

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Shaping the Relationship Between Economic Development and Carbon Dioxide Emissions at the Local Level: Evidence from Spatial Econometric Models

Environmental and Resource Economics ◽

10.1007/s10640-017-0139-2 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 71 (1) ◽

pp. 127-156 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Lina Meng ◽

Bo Huang

Keyword(s):

Carbon Dioxide ◽

Economic Development ◽

Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽

Local Level ◽

Econometric Models ◽

Spatial Econometric ◽

Spatial Econometric Models ◽

The Relationship

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The Scenario Analysis of Carbon Emissions Based on Improved IPAT Model in China

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.616-618.1484 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 616-618 ◽

pp. 1484-1489 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Xu Shan ◽

Hua Wang Shao

Keyword(s):

Carbon Dioxide ◽

Economic Development ◽

Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽

Industrial Structure ◽

Energy Structure ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Policy Scenario ◽

Social And Economic Development ◽

Energy Environment ◽

Development Goals

The coordination development of economy-energy-environment was discussed with traditional environmental loads model, combined with "decoupling" theory. Considering the possibilities of social and economic development, this paper set out three scenarios, and analyzed quantitatively the indexes, which affected carbon dioxide emissions, including population, per capita GDP, industrial structure and energy structure. Based on this, it forecasted carbon dioxide emissions in China in future. By comparing the prediction results, it held that policy scenario was the more realistic scenario, what’s more it can achieve emission reduction targets with the premise of meeting the social and economic development goals. At last, it put forward suggestions to implement successfully policy scenario, from energy structure, industrial structure, low-carbon technology and so on.

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