A Factor Decomposition on China’s Carbon Emission from 1997 to 2012 Based on IPAT-LMDI Model

Table 6

Various stages of decomposition effect based on LMDI during 1997–2012.

Year	1997–2002	2002–2006	2006–2010	2010–2012
Contribution value
	−15.5004	58.9763	−31.0808	3.8874
	−705.5600	121.8569	−113.7667	93.9168
	−144.4011	244.0598	−1285.1932	−618.8465
	1315.8709	2213.3253	2988.9829	1596.2404
	146.3353	130.0976	154.4102	89.7877
Significant factors
	0.0260	0.0213	0.0181	0.0033
	1.1823	0.0440	0.0664	0.0806
	0.2420	0.0882	0.7501	0.5312
	2.2051	0.7995	1.7445	1.3702
	0.2452	0.0470	0.0901	0.0771
Effect coefficient
	−0.0260	0.0213	−0.0181	0.0033
	−1.1823	0.0440	−0.0664	0.0806
	−0.2420	0.0882	−0.7501	−0.5312
	2.2051	0.7995	1.7445	1.3702
	0.2452	0.0470	0.0901	0.0771
The most significant positive effect
The most significant negative effect		NO