The Impact of Economy on Carbon Emissions: An Empirical Study Based on the Synergistic Effect of Gender Factors

Shiran Li, Hongbing Deng and Kangkang Zhang
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Shiran Li: School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
Hongbing Deng: School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
Kangkang Zhang: School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 19, 1-16

Abstract: The study of carbon emissions is of great significance for environmental change and economic development. Gender factors is an important perspective to examine the path of carbon emissions. Based on the panel data of 30 provinces in China from 2005 to 2016, this paper selects the optimal spatial measurement model structure by using the Bayesian posterior probability model structure selection method, and studies the impact of economy on carbon emissions and the influence mechanism of gender-based “synergy effect” on carbon emissions from the National level and regional levels. The research shows that the increase of economic promotes the increase of carbon emission in this region, but it has a restraining effect on the carbon emission in the surrounding areas. Moreover, gender factors have a significant positive effect on the region at the National level and the Eastern and Northeastern regions, but not significantly in other ones, and have a significant negative impact on carbon emissions in surrounding areas. Overall, the influence intensity of economy on carbon emission increases with the increase of gender in the National level and the Eastern and Northeastern, while the influence intensity of economy of peripheral regions on carbon emission in Central Region decreases with the increase of gender factors in peripheral regions.

Keywords: carbon emissions; economy; gender factors; spatial econometrics; Bayesian model; synergy effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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