How does urbanization affect energy and CO2 emission intensities in Vietnam? Evidence from province-level data

Nguyen Quan, Makoto Kakinaka and Koji Kotani
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Nguyen Quan: Ministry of Energy, Vietnam

No SDES-2017-8, Working Papers from Kochi University of Technology, School of Economics and Management

Abstract: Given the argument that urbanization is closely related to the economic growth with improved the quality of life, the role of urbanization on energy consumption and pollution emission has received attention from regulators and researchers. Recently, Vietnam, as one of the rapid growth emerging countries, has been undergoing a massive urbanization with massive increase in energy consumption and pollution. The purpose of this study is to discuss how urbanization affects energy and CO2 emission intensities in Vietnam by using the province-level data over the period from 2010 to 2013. Our empirical analysis presents clear evidences supportive of the regional disparity of the effect of urbanization. For provinces with the low income level, urbanization would intensify energy and CO2 emission intensities. In contrast, for provinces with the high income level, urbanization would mitigate energy and CO2 emission intensities. This study also discusses related issues for three sectors of the Vietnamese economy: agricultural, industrial, and service sectors.

Keywords: urbanization; income level; energy and CO2 emission intensities; Vietnam economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 47 pages
Date: 2017-06, Revised 2017-06
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Published in SDE Series, June 2017, pages 1-47

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