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dc.contributor.authorBloch, Harry
dc.contributor.authorRafiq, S.
dc.contributor.authorSalim, Ruhul
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T15:02:44Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T15:02:44Z
dc.date.created2012-05-03T20:00:53Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationBloch, Harry and Rafiq, Shuddhasattwa and Salim, Ruhul. 2011. Coal consumption, CO2 emission and economic growth in China: Empirical evidence and policy responses. Energy Economics. 34 (2): pp. 518-528.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42861
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.eneco.2011.07.014
dc.description.abstract

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.

dc.publisherElsevier
dc.subjecterror correction model
dc.subjectcoal consumption
dc.subjectenergy conservation
dc.subjectcointegration
dc.subjectChina
dc.titleCoal consumption, CO2 emission and economic growth in China: Empirical evidence and policy responses
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume34
dcterms.source.startPage518
dcterms.source.endPage528
dcterms.source.issn0140-9883
dcterms.source.titleEnergy Economics
curtin.departmentSchool of Economics and Finance
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