@Article{EE.2021.013472,
AUTHOR = {Yu Liu, Ruiting Jiao, Liyao Zhao, Kai Liu},
TITLE = {Impact of Greenization on the Marginal Utility of Intensity of Carbon Emissions and Factors Affecting it in China},
JOURNAL = {Energy Engineering},
VOLUME = {118},
YEAR = {2021},
NUMBER = {2},
PAGES = {363--378},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/energy/v118n2/40968},
ISSN = {1546-0118},
ABSTRACT = {The impact of greenization on the marginal utility of the intensity of carbon emissions in China and factors influencing this relationship are explored in this study. China’s level of greenization is evaluated by using an index
system developed based on the comprehensive index method. The intensity of carbon emissions is determined
by using the standards for the coefficients of conversion of coal equivalent and coefficients of carbon emission.
The impact of greenization on the marginal utility of the intensity of carbon emissions is then evaluated by using
an elastic formula and factors affecting this relationship are verified by regression analysis. The results are as follows: (1) China’s level of greenization has exhibited a trend of constant increase. The intensity of carbon emissions
has followed a continual downward trend while the impact of greenization on the marginal utility of the intensity
of these emissions has been declining. (2) Urbanization as well as scientific and technological developments have
slowed the reduction in the marginal utility of the intensity of carbon emissions, whereas the structure of energy
consumption has expedited it under the diminishing impact of greenization. The standard of living of the population, intensity of environmental regulation, and environmental quality have had different influences under different conditions.},
DOI = {10.32604/EE.2021.013472}
}