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With the global warming challenge, carbon emission reduction is appreciated as the basic policy for each country. This paper used the STIRPAT model with analyzing the impact of population, affluence and technology on the total carbon emission of 125 countries of different income levels over the period of 1990–2011. The empirical results indicate that the key impact factor at high-income level is technology, followed by population and affluence. The impact factor affluence has the strongest influence on carbon emission at upper- and lower-middle levels, however the factor population has the least impact. As to the low-income level, the key impact factor is affluence followed by population and technology. The conclusions from this paper help the policy makers to design effective policies to reduce the carbon emission.
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This paper is funded by the National Social Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 15BJY038 and 15AZD025).
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Shuai, C.Y., Song, X.N., Li, S.P. (2018). Critical Impact Factors Affecting Carbon Emission: Evidence from STIRPAT Model with Panel Data Analysis. In: Chau, K., Chan, I., Lu, W., Webster, C. (eds) Proceedings of the 21st International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6190-5_52
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