Does the Household Environmental Kuznets Curve for Carbon Dioxide Emissions Exist? Micro Evidence from Cities in China

Abstract:

By linking household consumption and CO₂ emissions, it utilizes the household financial survey data to analyze the relationship of CO₂ emissions and income on the household level. By testing the model of household Environmental Kuznets Curve about CO₂ emissions and another model involving more factors than income, it finds the household Environmental Kuznets Curve about CO₂ emissions exists in cities of China. Moreover, it finds the household financial factors, besides household borrowing, credit card loans, non-savings insurance, asset level and cash level, affect the relationship of CO₂ emissions and income. According to the empirical result, it predicts that the CO₂ emissions will be the most when the household income reaches about 200 thousand Yuan.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 869-870)
• Pages: 1067-1070
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.869-870.1067
• Online since: December 2013
• Authors: Xin Kuo Xu*
• Keywords: Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO₂ Emissions), Consumption, Environmental Kuznets Curve, Household, Income

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