Does urbanization lead to more carbon emission? Evidence from a panel of BRICS countries
Does urbanization lead to more carbon emission? Evidence from a panel of BRICS countries
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DOI：
10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.01.105
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发表时间：
2016-04
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11.2
通讯作者：
Y. Wang;Li Li-Li;J. Kubota;Rong Han;Xiaodong Zhu;Genfa Lu
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作者：
Y. Wang;Li Li-Li;J. Kubota;Rong Han;Xiaodong Zhu;Genfa Lu
本文尝试对1985- 2014年金砖国家城市化与碳排放的关系进行实证研究，并通过面板单位根、协整和因果检验，考虑到截面相关性、非平稳性和异质性，进一步理解城市化对碳排放的因果效应。通过非均质面板协整检验，发现城市化与碳排放之间存在长期均衡协整关系。此外，实证结果表明，从长期来看，城市化格兰杰效应是碳排放的主要原因。这些发现有助于推动新兴文献的发展，值得金砖国家的政策制定者和城市规划者特别关注。
This study attempt to add to the existing literature probing empirically the relationship between urbanization and carbon emission for the BRICS countries within the period 1985–2014.In our present study, the panel unit root, cointegration, and causality tests allowing for cross-sectional dependence, nonstationarity, and heterogeneity are conducted to enhance the understanding of the causal effect of urbanization on carbon emission. Using heterogeneous panel cointegration test, long-run equilibrium cointegration relationship has been found to exist between urbanization and carbon emission. Moreover, empirical results clearly indicate that in the long term, urbanization Granger causes carbon emission. These findings contribute to advancing the emerging literature as well as deserve special attention from policy maker and urban planner in the BRICS countries.