Dataset: china_carbon.dat Source: Q. Zhu and X. Peng (2012). "The Impacts of Population Change on Carbon Emissions in China During 1978-2008," Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Vol. 36, pp. 1-8. Description: Annual Carbon emmission (1000s of million-ton carbon), population size (10^7), urbanization rate (%), working age population (%), household size (person/hhold), and per capita expenditure (CNY). Primary model fit (with many autocorrelation checks): ln(carbon emission) = ln(b0) + b1*ln(Pop) +b2*ln(urbanization) +b3*ln(working age pop) + b4*ln(hhold size) + b5*ln(pc expenditure) Fit ridge regression model. Variables/Columns Year 5-8 Carbon emissions 10-16 Population size 18-24 Urbanization Rate 26-32 Working age population 34-40 Household size 42-48 Per capita expenditure (adjusted to year 2000) 50-56