声明
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Abstract
摘要
Table of Contents
List of Acronyms
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Background of the study
1.2 The statement of research question and objectives
1.3 The inovative elements of the research
1.4 Structure of the thesis
Chapter 2 Literature review
2.1 Origin of EKC
2.2 Theoretical foundation of EKC
2.3 Empirical evidence of EKC
2.3.1 Income elasticity of environmental quality and consumer preferences
2.3.2 Equality Considerations
2.3.3 Government and regulations
2.3.4 International Trade
2.3.5 Structural changes and technological progress
2.3.6 Market mechanism
2.4 Alternative methods to explore the driving forces of the CO2
Chapter 3 India’s economic development and CO2 emissions
3.1 India's social development and economic growth
3.1.2 Change of Economic structure in India
3.2 Energy consumptions and its structure
3.3 CO2 emissions
Chapter 4 Methodology
4.1 The theoretical framework of EKC model
4.1.1 Selection of control variables
4.2 Estimation Approach:Autoregressive Distributed Lag Model(ARDL)
4.2.1 Stationarity test
4.2.2 Cointegration Test
Chapter 5 Empirical analysis and Results
5.1 Data source
5.2 Results and discussions
5.2.1 Unit root tests
5.2.2 Results of ARDL to cointegration testing
5.2.3 Long run model
5.3 Residual Diagnostic tests
5.4 Stability Diagnostic tests
Chapter 6 Conclusions and Policy Implications
6.2 Policy Suggestion
6.3 Scope and Limitation
Appendix
References