简介:Thecarbondioxideemissionsoftheprovinceswouldbecalculatedfrom1995to2008.Andwecomparetheprovinces'carbondioxideemissionsandpopulationdevelopment.Wefoundthattherelationshipbetweenpopulationandcarbondioxideemissionsarenotasimplecorrelation.Inordertoprobetherelation,weintroducetheeconomicvariableintotheresearch,takeadvantagethecointegrationanalysisandGrangercausalitytest.Thepaperfoundthatthepopulationandeconomicgrowthisthemainreasonofcarbondioxideemissionchange.Inshortrunthepopulationgrowthwouldimpactthecarbondioxideemissions,andincreaseincarbondioxideemissionscannotbesimplyattributedtooverpopulation,economicgrowthimpactoncarbondioxideemissionsmorestrongly.