| Abstract | 第2-3页 |
| Chapter 1:-Introduction | 第8-29页 |
| 1.1. Study motivation and background | 第8-20页 |
| 1.1.1. Global warming as a world challenge | 第8-9页 |
| 1.1.2. Chinese economic growth and dilemmas | 第9-20页 |
| 1.2. Study Objectives | 第20-21页 |
| 1.3. Scope of the study | 第21-22页 |
| 1.4. Innovation and contribution | 第22-28页 |
| 1.5. Outlines of thesis chapters | 第28-29页 |
| Chapter 2:- Literature Review | 第29-50页 |
| 2.1. Energy, emissions and growth nexus | 第29-34页 |
| 2.2. Environmental Kuznets curve | 第34-42页 |
| 2.3. Foreign direct investment and pollution relation | 第42-46页 |
| 2.4. Tourism growth hypothesis and pollution reduction | 第46-50页 |
| Chapter 3:- Materials and Methods | 第50-69页 |
| 3.1. Data: Aggregated and disaggregated data | 第50-55页 |
| 3.2. Panel data models and estimation procedures | 第55-63页 |
| 3.2.1. Panel data models | 第55-60页 |
| 3.2.2. Panel unit roots and cointegration tests | 第60-61页 |
| 3.2.3. FMOLS, DOLS and ARDL estimation methods | 第61-62页 |
| 3.2.4. Panel granger causality analysis | 第62-63页 |
| 3.3. Time series data estimation procedure | 第63-69页 |
| 3.3.1. Model for time series data | 第63-64页 |
| 3.3.2. Time series unit roots testing | 第64-65页 |
| 3.3.3. ARDL model and procedure | 第65-69页 |
| Chapter 4:- Results and Discussion | 第69-96页 |
| 4.1. Panel data: results and discussion | 第69-90页 |
| 4.1.1. Results description for panel data stationarity | 第69-70页 |
| 4.1.2. Macroeconomic drivers of growth: results and discussion | 第70-75页 |
| 4.1.3. Environmental pollution drivers: results and discussion | 第75-83页 |
| 4.1.4. Comprehensive causality results | 第83-85页 |
| 4.1.5. Comprehensive results and discussion on regional level | 第85-90页 |
| 4.2. Time series data: results and discussion | 第90-96页 |
| 4.2.1. Result estimation description of stationarity | 第90-91页 |
| 4.2.2. Long run relation between environmental pollution and growth | 第91-92页 |
| 4.2.3. Growth supporting pollution reduction via EKC | 第92-93页 |
| 4.2.4. Energy consumption causing pollution | 第93-95页 |
| 4.2.5. Robustness check for time series analysis | 第95-96页 |
| Chapter 5:-Conclusion, Policy implications and future work | 第96-108页 |
| 5.1. Conclusion | 第96-104页 |
| 5.2. Policy implications | 第104-107页 |
| 5.3. Future research | 第107-108页 |
| Najid Ahmad list of Publications with DUFE affiliation | 第108-111页 |
| References | 第111-125页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第125-126页 |
