The Impact of Energy, Transport, and Trade on Air Pollution in China

Poon, Jessie; Casas, Irene; He, Canfei

doi:10.2747/1538-7216.47.5.568

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“…7 Second, if provincial per capita CO 2 emissions are more evenly distributed than per capita GDP, this indicates that those provinces at the higher level of GDP also have lower carbon intensities (tons CO 2 per unit of GDP). This finding potentially supports the notion that environmental Kuznets curves (Aldy, 2005;Poon et al, 2006) apply to CO 2 emissions in China; however, total emission in more developed regions of China are still higher than in less developed regions. Third, because the Kakwani Index has actually decreased over time (though it rose at the end of the decade) differences in carbon intensity between poor and rich regions are actually increasing as time goes on.…”

Section: Concentration Indicessupporting

confidence: 77%

“…While a clear pattern linking CO 2 emissions to GDP can be seen on a global scale, we hope to test whether similar connections can be seen on a subnational scale. Similarly, studies of income inequality in China have previously not considered the environmental dimensions of development (notable exceptions being He and Wang (2007) and Poon et al (2006)). Meanwhile, while the literature on decomposition of CO 2 emissions in China is quite rich (Fan et al, 2007;Zhang et al, 2009;Wang et al, 2005), to our knowledge no studies have examined CO 2 emissions in China from the perspective of CO 2 emissions inequalities.…”

Section: Regional Inequality In Chinamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Carbon inequality at the sub-national scale: A case study of provincial-level inequality in CO2 emissions in China 1997–2007

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“…caso das exportações, 9 como destaca Stern et al (1996), a mudança dos padrões internacionais de qualidade ambiental e mudanças estruturais dentro das economias levarão os países a se especializarem em atividades que usam menos recursos naturais e energia, assim espera-se que o sinal de ψ seja negativo. Isso quer dizer que um país, ao aumentar as suas exportações e, consequentemente, sua participação no comércio internacional, proporcionaria impactos positivos ao meio ambiente (POON et al, 2006). A variável de comércio foi incluída sob a hipótese de que o nível de poluição de um país pode estar diretamente relacionado à sua abertura ao comércio internacional, talvez porque as regulamentações ambientais tendem a um mínimo denominador comum (STERN et al 1996).…”

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A hipótese da curva de Kuznets ambiental global: uma perspectiva econométrico-espacial

Carvalho

Almeida

2010

Estud. Econ.

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 ResumoCom o objetivo de averiguar a relação entre crescimento econômico e aquecimento global, este trabalho analisa uma curva de Kuznets ambiental por meio de uma abordagem econométrica espacial. Estimou-se uma CKA para emissões de CO2 per capita contra a renda per capita e seu termo ao quadrado, controlando, para exportações per capita, o consumo de energia per capita, uma dummy indicando os países que ratificaram o Protocolo de Kyoto. Os resultados sugerem que existem evidências de uma CKA na forma de "U" invertido, isto é, o crescimento reduz o impacto ambiental da atividade econômica. Porém, a incorporação do termo cúbico para a renda revela que as emissões eventualmente voltam a aumentar em níveis muito elevados de crescimento, fazendo que a CKA global estimada apresente o formato de "N". Outra descoberta foi a evidência de que os países que ratificaram o Protocolo reduziram significativamente suas emissões de CO2 per capita. Palavras-ChaveCurva de Kuznets Ambiental, emissões de CO2 per capita, econometria espacial, Protocolo de Kyoto AbstractWith the aim of checking the relationship between income growth and global warming, the present study analyzes a global environmental Kuznets curve for a sample of 187 countries through a spatial econometric approach. An EKC for conventional per capita CO2 emissions was run on per capita income and its square value, controlling for per capita exports, per capita energy consumption, a dummy variable indicating the countries that ratified the Kyoto Protocol. The results suggested that there is evidence of an inverted U shaped EKC, that is, growth reduces the environmental impact of economic activity. However, the incorporation of a cubic term for per capita income shows that emissions eventually return to increase at a very high level of growth, leading the estimated EKC has an N shape. Furthermore, another finding was that there are evidences that countries that ratified the Kyoto Protocol reduced significantly their per capita CO2 emissions.

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“…Most research on the relationship between economic growth and air pollution in China also examines emissions rather than concentrations (e.g., Poon et al 2006;Song et al 2008;He 2009;Cole et al 2011;Lee and Oh 2015). However, there are a few studies using concentrations data.…”

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Economic growth and particulate pollution concentrations in China

Stern

Zha

2016

Environ Econ Policy Stud

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Though the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) was originally developed to model the ambient concentrations of pollutants, most subsequent applications have focused on pollution emissions. Yet, it seems more likely that economic growth could eventually reduce the concentrations of local pollutants than emissions. We examine the role of income, convergence, and time-related factors in explaining recent changes in PM 2.5 and PM 10 particulate pollution in 50 Chinese cities using new measures of ambient air quality that the Chinese government has published only since the beginning of 2013. We use a recently developed model that relates the rate of change of pollution to the growth of the economy and other factors as well as the traditional environmental Kuznets curve model. Pollution fell sharply from 2013 to 2014. We show that economic growth, convergence, and time effects all served to lower the level of pollution. The results also demonstrate the relationship between the two modeling approaches.

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The Impact of Energy, Transport, and Trade on Air Pollution in China

Cited by 133 publications

References 33 publications

Carbon inequality at the sub-national scale: A case study of provincial-level inequality in CO2 emissions in China 1997–2007

Carbon inequality at the sub-national scale: A case study of provincial-level inequality in CO2 emissions in China 1997–2007

A hipótese da curva de Kuznets ambiental global: uma perspectiva econométrico-espacial

Economic growth and particulate pollution concentrations in China

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