Open AccessUrbanization’s short-and long-term effects on CO2 emissions: evidence from China
Author(s) -
Zhimin Zhou
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1324/1/012105
Subject(s) - urbanization , china , nexus (standard) , spillover effect , greenhouse gas , panel data , natural resource economics , environmental science , climate change , term (time) , lag , economics , geography , econometrics , economic growth , engineering , macroeconomics , ecology , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , biology , embedded system , computer network , computer science
It is necessary to investigate the nexus of China’s urbanization and carbon emissions, in order to better understand China’s carbon emissions abatement target. Urbanization’s impact on carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions has hysteretic effects, it takes time to fully materialize. Knowing this is helpful for policymakers to better coordinate CO 2 mitigation and development. To this end, this study takes the panel data of 30 provinces/cities in China from 1995 to 2015 and applies the dynamic spatial panel data model to empirically analyze the short- and long-term effects of urbanization on CO 2 emissions. The application of the novel approach brings some new discoveries: there exist spatial and time lag effects in China, in terms of CO 2 emissions; urbanization progress has beneficial spatial spillover effects on CO 2 abatement in both the short and long run; energy intensity also exerts significant short- and long-term directs as well as spillover effects on CO 2 emissions; on the contrary, FDI and industrial structure have no significant impacts on CO 2 emissions in China.