wAbstract
@Given the complexity between China's financial development and
carbon emissions, this paper uses some econometric techniques,
including cointegration theory, Granger causality test, variance
decomposition, etc., to explore the influence of financial development
on carbon emissions. Results indicate that, first, China's financial
development acts as an important driver for carbon emissions increase,
which should be taken into account when carbon emissions demand
is projected. Second, the influence of financial intermediation
scale on carbon emissions outweighs that of other financial development
indicators but its efficiency's influence appears by far weaker
although it may cause the change of carbon emissions statistically.
Third, China's stock market scale has relatively larger influence
on carbon emissions but the influence of its efficiency is very
limited. This to some extent reflects the relatively lower liquidity
in China's stock markets. Finally, among financial development
indicators, China's FDI exerts the least influence on the change
of carbon emissions, due to its relatively smaller volume compared
with GDP; but it is mainly utilized in carbon intensive sectors
now, therefore, with the increase of China's FDI in the future,
many efforts should be made to adapt its utilizing directions
and play its positive role in promoting low-carbon development.
Keywords: Financial development; Carbon emissions; Chinax
1. Introduction
2. Related literature review
3. Data definitions and empirical methodologies
@3.1. Data definitions
@3.2. Empirical methodologies
4. Empirical result discussions
@4.1. Cointegration among China's financial development indicators
and carbon emissions
@4.2. Causality among China's financial development indicators
and carbon emissions
@4.3. Variance decomposition analysis
5. Conclusions and future work
Acknowledgements
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