Table 1 Details of the Variables.

From: Impact of green bonds on CO2 emissions and disaggregated level renewable electricity in China and the United States of America

Symbol

Definition

Unit

Source

TRA

Transport Sector CO2 Emissions*

MtCO2/

Day

Carbonmonitor (2023)

IND

Industry Sector CO2 Emissions*

POW

Power Sector CO2 Emissions*

HEG

Hydro EG*

GWh/

Day

SEG

Solar EG*

WEG

Wind EG*

GBCHN

FTSE Chinese (Onshore CNY) Green Bond Index**

Basis Points

Bloomberg (2023)

GBUSA

FTSE USA Broad Investment-Grade Green Bond Index**

  1. * and ** denotes the dependent and independent variables, in order.
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