Empirical analysis of R&D spending, transport infrastructure development and CO2 emissions in China
Over the past few decades, the transportation sector has been the largest contributor to CO2 emissions in China. Research and Development spending leads to technological innovation in the country and could affect the CO2 emission in the country. Therefore, this study analyzes the nexus between CO2 e...
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| author | Ling Mei Han Jian Qiang You Jie Ning Meng Jie Ning Meng Yu Long Fu Song Ling Wu |
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| description | Over the past few decades, the transportation sector has been the largest contributor to CO2 emissions in China. Research and Development spending leads to technological innovation in the country and could affect the CO2 emission in the country. Therefore, this study analyzes the nexus between CO2 emissions, transport infrastructure and R&D spending in China. A QARDL approach was used for the data analysis, which revealed Research and Development and Transport infrastructure has a positive impact on CO2 emissions. R&D was only significant in the first 25% quantile, while transportation was significant in almost all quantiles. These results suggest that R&D spending in China is mainly allocated to the sectors that emit the CO2 emission. It is recommended that government should allocate more R&D to carbon-reducing sectors. Furthermore, the government should consider green transportation investments and renewable energy projects in the transportation sector to reduce CO2 emissions in the country. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-26dcc969cd3b40139923e4b747e35a0d2023-03-24T04:53:49ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Environmental Science2296-665X2023-03-011110.3389/fenvs.2023.11388761138876Empirical analysis of R&D spending, transport infrastructure development and CO2 emissions in ChinaLing Mei Han0Jian Qiang You1Jie Ning Meng2Jie Ning Meng3Yu Long Fu4Song Ling Wu5School of Business, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan, ChinaSchool of Business, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan, ChinaSchool of Business, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan, ChinaSchool of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Business, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan, ChinaSchool of Business, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan, ChinaOver the past few decades, the transportation sector has been the largest contributor to CO2 emissions in China. Research and Development spending leads to technological innovation in the country and could affect the CO2 emission in the country. Therefore, this study analyzes the nexus between CO2 emissions, transport infrastructure and R&D spending in China. A QARDL approach was used for the data analysis, which revealed Research and Development and Transport infrastructure has a positive impact on CO2 emissions. R&D was only significant in the first 25% quantile, while transportation was significant in almost all quantiles. These results suggest that R&D spending in China is mainly allocated to the sectors that emit the CO2 emission. It is recommended that government should allocate more R&D to carbon-reducing sectors. Furthermore, the government should consider green transportation investments and renewable energy projects in the transportation sector to reduce CO2 emissions in the country.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2023.1138876/fullR&D spendingtransport infrastructure developmentCO2 emissionsQARDLChina |
| spellingShingle | Ling Mei Han Jian Qiang You Jie Ning Meng Jie Ning Meng Yu Long Fu Song Ling Wu Empirical analysis of R&D spending, transport infrastructure development and CO2 emissions in China Frontiers in Environmental Science R&D spending transport infrastructure development CO2 emissions QARDL China |
| title | Empirical analysis of R&D spending, transport infrastructure development and CO2 emissions in China |
| title_full | Empirical analysis of R&D spending, transport infrastructure development and CO2 emissions in China |
| title_fullStr | Empirical analysis of R&D spending, transport infrastructure development and CO2 emissions in China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Empirical analysis of R&D spending, transport infrastructure development and CO2 emissions in China |
| title_short | Empirical analysis of R&D spending, transport infrastructure development and CO2 emissions in China |
| title_sort | empirical analysis of r d spending transport infrastructure development and co2 emissions in china |
| topic | R&D spending transport infrastructure development CO2 emissions QARDL China |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2023.1138876/full |
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