Cointegration and causality between electricity consumption and GDP: Empirical evidence from Malawi

Energy Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-68

  Jumbe, Charles B L ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Causality; Cointegration; Error correction models; Malawi

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ERROR CORRECTION;

BI-DIRECTIONAL CAUSALITY; COINTEGRATION;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

ELECTRICITY; ENERGY USE; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 0347930477     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-9883(03)00058-6     Document Type: Article

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