Title :
Comparative Study on Carbon Dioxide Emissions between China and USA
Author :
Li Muhan ; Zhang Lianzhong ; Chen Jianguo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Econ. & Manage., Tianjin Agric. Univ., Tianjin, China
Abstract :
In this paper, we have compared the feature of carbon dioxide emissions both in USA and China. Firstly, the total carbon dioxide emissions were large both in China and USA. Secondly, the per capita carbon dioxide emissions in USA are at a stable high level, while China´s relatively low. Thirdly, as per capita carbon dioxide emissions index, the EKC of USA has already turn to the right, but China is still in the left side.
Keywords :
air pollution; atmospheric composition; carbon compounds; environmental economics; CO2; China; Environmental Kuznets Curve; USA; per capita carbon dioxide emissions; per capita income; total carbon dioxide emissions; Carbon dioxide; Discharges; Pollution; Trade agreements; Turning; USA Councils;
Conference_Titel :
Management and Service Science (MASS), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5325-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5326-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICMSS.2010.5577366
