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DOI	10.1007/s10584-019-02593-5
	Testing the emission reduction claims of CDM projects using the Benford’s Law
	Cole M.A.; Maddison D.J.; Zhang L.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0165-0009
起始页码	407
结束页码	426
卷号	160 期号:3
英文摘要	Benford’s Law suggests that the first digits of numerical data are heavily skewed towards low numbers. Data that fail to conform to Benford’s Law when conformity is to be expected may have been manipulated. Using Benford’s Law, we conduct digital frequency analysis on the emission reduction claims of Clean Development Mechanism projects. Digital frequency analysis indicates that although emission reduction claims made in project design documents do not conform to Benford’s Law, we cannot reject the null hypothesis that data on certified emission reductions do. Benford’s Law offers a rapid, low-cost means of identifying possible instances of data manipulation. © 2019, The Author(s).
英文关键词	Benford’s Law; Clean Development Mechanism; Data manipulation; Emission reductions
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Emission control; Energy policy; Certified emission reductions; Clean Development Mechanism; Data manipulations; Emission reduction; Frequency Analysis; Null hypothesis; Numerical data; Project designs; Data reduction; emission control; frequency analysis; numerical method; project design; project management; testing method
来源期刊	Climatic Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/147171
作者单位	Department of Economics, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Cole M.A.,Maddison D.J.,Zhang L.. Testing the emission reduction claims of CDM projects using the Benford’s Law[J],2020,160(3).
APA	Cole M.A.,Maddison D.J.,&Zhang L..(2020).Testing the emission reduction claims of CDM projects using the Benford’s Law.Climatic Change,160(3).
MLA	Cole M.A.,et al."Testing the emission reduction claims of CDM projects using the Benford’s Law".Climatic Change 160.3(2020).