The asymmetric effect of public private partnership investment on transport CO2 emission in China: Evidence from quantile ARDL approach

Anwar, Ahsan and Sharif, Arshian and Fatima, Saba and Ahmad, Paiman and Sinha, Avik and Khan, Syed Abdul Rehman and Jermsittiparsert, Kittisak (2021): The asymmetric effect of public private partnership investment on transport CO2 emission in China: Evidence from quantile ARDL approach. Published in: Journal of Cleaner Production , Vol. 288, (2021): p. 125282.

Abstract

Transportation infrastructure is a pillar of economic development as well as a main contributor to climate change. Therefore, it is necessary to transform the transport sector investment into climate-resilient, low-carbon transportation choices in order to achieve sustainable transportation infrastructure. In case of China, this transformation might be necessary from the perspective of the “New-style Urbanization” strategy, and for fulfilling this strategy, policy realignment is required. To address this policy-level void in the literature, we explore the influence of public private partnerships investment in transport sector, renewable energy consumption, urbanization on transport-induced carbon emissions in China. For this purpose, we apply Quantile Autoregressive Distributed Lagged (QARDL) method during 1990Q1-2018Q4. Based on the results of the study, a multipronged sustainable development goal (SDG) framework has been suggested, under which SDG 11, SDG 13, and SDG 8 are addressed, while using SDG 17 as a vehicle.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Public Private partnership investment in transport, Transport CO2 emissions, Urbanization, Renewable energy consumption, Quantile ARDL
• Subjects: Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q5 - Environmental Economics

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