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Spatial heterogeneity and economic driving factors of SO2 emissions in China: Evidence from an eigenvector based spatial filtering approach
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Shi, W and Du, Y and Chang, C-H and Nguyen, S and Wu, J, Spatial heterogeneity and economic driving factors of SO2 emissions in China: Evidence from an eigenvector based spatial filtering approach, Ecological Indicators, 129 Article 108001. ISSN 1470-160X (2021) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.108001
Abstract
Sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions have been a great challenge in China over the last few decades due to their serious impact on the environment and human health. In this paper, a random effect eigenvector spatial filtering (RE-ESF) approach without and with non-spatially varying coefficients (SNVC) is identified to examine spatial heterogeneity and economic driving factors of SO2 emissions in China from 2011 to 2017. Using the Moran eigenvectors to extract information on spatial dependence, the main findings of the RE-ESF approach are as follows: First, after comparing different approaches for dealing with spatial dependence, it is found that the RE-ESF approach demonstrates the best fit to the dataset. Second, the global investigation shows that SO2 emissions are negatively determined by economic growth and government expenditure for environment protection, but are positively determined by road freight transport, coal consumption and oil consumption. Third, the local investigation indicates that the spatially varying coefficients of economic growth and coal consumption range from 0.1401 to 0.2732 with the median value of 0.2478 and from 0.2406 to 0.3611 with the median value of 0.3210, respectively, revealing significant spatial heterogeneity of SO2 emissions driven by economic growth and coal consumption. These findings provide meaningful insights into centralized and province-specific policies for reducing SO2 emissions.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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| Keywords: | environmental sustainability, spatial dependence, economic determinants, non-spatially varying coefficients, province-specific policies |
| Research Division: | Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services |
| Research Group: | Banking, finance and investment |
| Research Field: | Banking, finance and investment not elsewhere classified |
| Objective Division: | Economic Framework |
| Objective Group: | Macroeconomics |
| Objective Field: | Economic growth |
| UTAS Author: | Shi, W (Dr Wenming Shi) |
| UTAS Author: | Du, Y (Dr Bill Du) |
| UTAS Author: | Nguyen, S (Mr Son Nguyen) |
| ID Code: | 145671 |
| Year Published: | 2021 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 5 |
| Deposited By: | Maritime and Logistics Management |
| Deposited On: | 2021-08-01 |
| Last Modified: | 2021-09-30 |
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