Does more energy consumption bolster economic growth? An application of the nonlinear threshold regression model

Energy Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 755-767

  Huang, Bwo Nung ^a,b   Hwang, M J ^b   Yang, C W ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLARION UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 emissions; Energy consumption; Threshold regression

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENERGY POLICY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ECONOMIC GROWTH; THRESHOLD REGRESSION; THRESHOLD VARIABLES;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

CARBON EMISSION; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 38049054349     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2007.10.023     Document Type: Article

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