<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The main aim of this paper is to analyse the role of different factors responsible for CO2 emission from Indian road passenger transport with the help of Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index over the period of 1971-2011. CO2 emission increase is decomposed into five major factors - emission coefficient, transport energy intensity, transport activity, economic growth, and population. Findings suggest that economic growth, transport activity and population have a significant positive role in increasing CO2 emission from road passenger transport, whereas energy intensity plays a negative role in CO2 emission increase. Emission coefficient has also a negative role in CO2 emission increase during all the periods except during 1971-81. Therefore, emission coefficient and energy intensity are the two most important factors for policy design and implementation to reduce CO2 emission from the sector.</abstract>

The main aim of this paper is to analyse the role of different factors responsible for CO2 emission from Indian road passenger transport with the help of Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index over the period of 1971-2011. CO2 emission increase is decomposed into five major factors - emission coefficient, transport energy intensity, transport activity, economic growth, and population. Findings suggest that economic growth, transport activity and population have a significant positive role in increasing CO2 emission from road passenger transport, whereas energy intensity plays a negative role in CO2 emission increase. Emission coefficient has also a negative role in CO2 emission increase during all the periods except during 1971-81. Therefore, emission coefficient and energy intensity are the two most important factors for policy design and implementation to reduce CO2 emission from the sector.

Factorizing the Changes in CO2 Emissions from Indian Road Passenger Transport: A Decomposition Analysis

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Factorizing the Changes in CO Emissions from Indian Road Passenger Transport: A Decomposition Analysis

The main aim of this paper is to analyse the role of different factors responsible for CO2 emission from Indian road passenger transport with the help of...

Factorizing the Changes in CO₂ Emissions from Indian Road Passenger Transport: A Decomposition Analysis

Published Online: Jan 23, 2017

Page range: 67 - 83

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sbe-2016-0036

Keywords
Decomposition Analysis, Log Mean Divisia Index, Passenger Road Transport, CO Emission, Economic Growth

© 2016 Gupta Monika et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Factorizing the Changes in CO2 Emissions from Indian Road Passenger Transport: A Decomposition Analysis

Published Online: Jan 23, 2017

Page range: 67 - 83

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sbe-2016-0036

KeywordsDecomposition Analysis, Log Mean Divisia Index, Passenger Road Transport, CO Emission, Economic Growth

© 2016 Gupta Monika et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Factorizing the Changes in CO₂ Emissions from Indian Road Passenger Transport: A Decomposition Analysis

Keywords
Decomposition Analysis, Log Mean Divisia Index, Passenger Road Transport, CO Emission, Economic Growth