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Research On The Impact Of Financial Development Levels On Carbon Emissions

Posted on:2018-03-02Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:T H QianFull Text:PDF
GTID:2351330515480682Subject:Industrial Economics
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Since 1950 s,global warming has been confirmed by scientists as a result of excessive emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities.This paper mainly studies the impact of financial development level on carbon emissions,using the relevant data of Shanghai city in 1978-2015,and puts forward relevant policy recommendations based on the results.Mainly done the following aspects of the study.First,the construction of different stages of financial development level evaluation index system and classification,this paper selects the per capita GDP,the total amount of import and export,banking deposit amount,the Shanghai Composite Index,the premium income of financial institutions in Shanghai,the number of employees of the 6 indicators to construct the evaluation index system of the level of financial development,and through cluster analysis will be divided into financial development in Shanghai city two stages,namely 1978-2008 and 2009-2015.Second,the level of carbon emissions measurement,the consumption of energy consumption in the area of the project to provide coal,coke,crude oil,gasoline,kerosene,diesel oil,fuel oil,natural gas,carbon emission coefficient multiplied by the respective,and then added to get the total carbon emissions of a region.Third,analysis of the index system of the level of financial development in different stages of various factors on the impact of carbon emissions,the first 6 variables by factor analysis,extracting common factor,and then study the linear relationship between common factors and carbon dioxide emissions.The results show that financial development to a certain extent will curb carbon dioxide emissions.Fourth,according to the empirical results put forward two suggestions,one is to optimize the industrial structure,promote the further development of the securities and insurance market;two is a positive development of carbon finance market,strengthen the financial sector in promoting technological progress and technology innovation.
Keywords/Search Tags:Financial development, carbon emission, Shanghai
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