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Modeling the Income Dependence of Household Energy Consumption and its Implications for Climate Policy in China

Caron, J.; Karplus, V.J.; Schwarz, G.A. (MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2017-07)

We estimate Engel Curves based on Chinese household microdata and show in general equilibrium simulations that they imply substantially lower energy demand and CO2 emissions, relative to projections based on standard ...