Province-level convergence of China’s carbon dioxide emissions》.pdf

Applied Energy 150 (2015) 286–295 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Applied Energy journal homepage: /locate/apenergy Province-level convergence of China’s carbon dioxide emissions Xueting Zhao a,1, J. Wesley Burnett b,⇑, Donald J. Lacombe c,2 a Regional Research Institute, 886 Chestnut Ridge Road, Room 511, PO Box 6825, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6825, United States b Economics Department, 5 Liberty Street, Beatty Center Suite 413, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC 29424, United States c Division of Resource Management, 2042 Agricultural Sciences Building, PO Box 6108, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6108, United States h i g h l i g h t s Find province-level convergence of CO2 emissions in China. Use a novel, dynamic spatial dynamic panel data to evaluate convergence. Rate of convergence is higher with the spatial econometric models. Province-level CO2 emission intensities are spatially correlated. a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: This study offers a unique contribution to the literature by investigating the convergence of province- Received 13 November 2014 level carbon dioxide emission intensities among a panel of 30 provinces in China over the period Received in revised form 30 March 2015 1990–2010. We use a novel, spatial dynamic panel data model to evaluate an empirically testable Accepted 6 April 2015 hypothesis of convergence among provinces. Our results suggest that: (1) CO2 emission intensitie