Coal consumption, CO2 emission and economic growth in China: Empirical evidence and policy responses
This article investigates the relationship between coal consumption and income in China using both supply-side and demand-side frameworks. Cointegration and vector error correction modeling show that there is a unidirectional causality running from coal consumption to output in both the short and lo...
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| author | Bloch, Harry Rafiq, S. Salim, Ruhul |
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| description | This article investigates the relationship between coal consumption and income in China using both supply-side and demand-side frameworks. Cointegration and vector error correction modeling show that there is a unidirectional causality running from coal consumption to output in both the short and long run under the supply-side analysis, while there is also a unidirectional causality running from income to coal consumption in the short and long run under the demand-side analysis. The results also reveal that there is bi-directional causality between coal consumption and pollutant emission both in the short and long run. Hence, it is very difficult for China to pursue a greenhouse gas abatement policy through reducing coal consumption. Switching to greener energy sources might be a possible alternative in the long run. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-428612017-09-13T16:07:46Z Coal consumption, CO2 emission and economic growth in China: Empirical evidence and policy responses Bloch, Harry Rafiq, S. Salim, Ruhul error correction model coal consumption energy conservation cointegration China This article investigates the relationship between coal consumption and income in China using both supply-side and demand-side frameworks. Cointegration and vector error correction modeling show that there is a unidirectional causality running from coal consumption to output in both the short and long run under the supply-side analysis, while there is also a unidirectional causality running from income to coal consumption in the short and long run under the demand-side analysis. The results also reveal that there is bi-directional causality between coal consumption and pollutant emission both in the short and long run. Hence, it is very difficult for China to pursue a greenhouse gas abatement policy through reducing coal consumption. Switching to greener energy sources might be a possible alternative in the long run. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42861 10.1016/j.eneco.2011.07.014 Elsevier restricted |
| spellingShingle | error correction model coal consumption energy conservation cointegration China Bloch, Harry Rafiq, S. Salim, Ruhul Coal consumption, CO2 emission and economic growth in China: Empirical evidence and policy responses |
| title | Coal consumption, CO2 emission and economic growth in China: Empirical evidence and policy responses |
| title_full | Coal consumption, CO2 emission and economic growth in China: Empirical evidence and policy responses |
| title_fullStr | Coal consumption, CO2 emission and economic growth in China: Empirical evidence and policy responses |
| title_full_unstemmed | Coal consumption, CO2 emission and economic growth in China: Empirical evidence and policy responses |
| title_short | Coal consumption, CO2 emission and economic growth in China: Empirical evidence and policy responses |
| title_sort | coal consumption, co2 emission and economic growth in china: empirical evidence and policy responses |
| topic | error correction model coal consumption energy conservation cointegration China |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42861 |