Influence of classified coal consumption on PM2.5 pollution: Analysis based on the panel cointegration and error-correction model

Hongshan Ai, Mengmeng Guan, Wei Feng and Ke Li

Energy, 2021, vol. 215, issue PA

Abstract: It is a well-documented phenomenon that coal combustion is a significant cause of air pollution, while few documents have revealed the process. Based on the panel dataset covering 30 Chinese provinces (excluding Tibet) in China during the period 2000–2012, this study investigates the actual contribution of centralized and scattered coal consumption to PM2.5 concentrations through a panel cointegration model and panel vector error-correction model (PVECM). The empirical results indicate that both scattered and centralized coal consumption have significant positive correlations with PM2.5 concentrations in the long term. Specifically, the PM2.5 pollution caused by scattered coal combustion is approximately 1.38 times that of the same amount of centralized coal combustion. Furthermore, in the short-term, centralized coal consumption has a significant positive relationship with PM2.5 pollution, while scattered coal has no significant effect. Therefore, in the short term, the consumption of centralized coal should be reduced, whereas in the long term, scattered coal control policies should be the primary focus of the government.

Keywords: PM2.5 pollution; Centralized coal; Scattered coal; Panel cointegration model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (6)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360544220322155
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:energy:v:215:y:2021:i:pa:s0360544220322155

DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2020.119108

Access Statistics for this article

Energy is currently edited by Henrik Lund and Mark J. Kaiser

More articles in Energy from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().