An analysis of energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions in countries of the Middle East and North Africa

Energy

Volumn 30, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 2831-2842

  Ramanathan, Ramakrishnan ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA REDUCTION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PRODUCTIVITY;

BAHRAIN; CONSTANT RETURN TO SCALE (CRS); MALMQUIST PRODUCTIVITY INDEX (MPI); MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; OMAN; SUDAN; VARIABLE RETURN TO SCALE (VRS);

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ENERGY USE; POLLUTION;

AFRICA; ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 18844420828     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2005.01.010     Document Type: Article

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