Analysis of the Threshold Effect of Financial Development on China’s Carbon Intensity

Using panel data on 30 provinces in China from 2005 to 2012, this paper conducts an empirical test on the threshold effect of the relationship between financial development and carbon emission intensity from the perspectives of financial scale and financial efficiency. The results show that at a low...

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Main Authors: Xiongfeng Pan, Yaobo Yan, Xiaoxue Peng, Qing Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-03-01
Series:Sustainability
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/8/3/271