We contribute to the burgeoning literature on macroeconomic forecasting by exploring the benefits of machine learning methods. The performance of machine learning algorithms, factor models and MIDAS in forecasting China’s real GDP growth rate is evaluated in an extensive pseudo out-of-sample...

We examine the relationship between the usage of household clean cooking fuels in rural areas and elderly’s overall well-being using micro survey data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). We make two key innovations to the literature. First, we move one step...

To explore effective schemes of reducing carbon emission at the city level, this study evaluate the decoupling situation and the driving forces of industrial carbon emission in a coastal city of Zhuhai, China. Macro and micro analyses of evolutions of energy consumption, carbon emission, and...

To explore effective schemes of reducing carbon emission at the city level, this study evaluate the decoupling situation and the driving forces of industrial carbon emission in a coastal city of Zhuhai, China. Macro and micro analyses of evolutions of energy consumption, carbon emission, and...