Does Export Product Quality Matter for CO2 Emissions? Evidence from China

Giray Gözgör and Muhlis Can

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Abstract: This paper re-estimates the environmental Kuznets curve over the period 1971–2010 in China. To this end, it uses the unit root tests with one structural break and the autoregressive-distributed lag (ARDL) estimations. The special role is given to the impacts of export product quality and energy consumption on CO2 emissions in the empirical models. The paper finds that the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis is valid in China. It also observes the positive effect from energy consumption to CO2 emissions. In addition, it finds that the export product quality is negatively associated with CO2 emissions. The paper also argues potential implications.

Keywords: environmental Kuznets curve; energy consumption; export product quality; ARDL estimation; structural break (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C32 L15 O13 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-06-09
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