Comparison of CO 2 emissions reduction efficiency of household fuel consumption in China

Bingjie Xu, Ruoyu Zhong and Yifeng Liu
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Bingjie Xu: China Center for Special Economic Zone Research, School of Economics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
Ruoyu Zhong: China Center for Special Economic Zone Research, School of Economics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
Yifeng Liu: School of Business and Management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 4, 1-13

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the correlations among per capita gross domestic product (GDP), household fuel (natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas) consumption, and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions through the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) at the regional and national level in China using data from 2003 to 2015. The results validate the EKC assumption and show that per capita GDP is positively related to CO 2 emissions; per capita natural gas consumption has a negative impact on CO 2 emissions; however, per capita liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) consumption has a positive effect on CO 2 emissions. Therefore, increasing natural gas consumption can effectively slow down the environmental degradation of China. Given rapid economic growth, changing the energy structure can improve the environment.

Keywords: carbon dioxide emissions; household fuel consumption; environmental Kuznets curve (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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