Research on Dynamic Carbon Dioxide Emissions Performance, Regional Disparity and Affecting Factors in China

This paper evaluates the carbon dioxide emission performance of China by the proposed method, Malmquist index, during 1996—2007, and then regional disparity and the factors influencing performance is analyzed based on convergence theory and panel date model. The main results show that carbon dioxide emission performance improved 40.86% over the period with the average increasing of 3.25% and this was mainly driven by technology progress, the performance differences between four regions was found while the convergence of performance was existed, economic development, industry structure, energy intensity and ownership structure had a significant influence on carbon dioxide emission performance, though openness was not.