A re-examination of the relationship between electricity consumption and economic growth in Malaysia

Energy Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3077-3085

  Tang, Chor Foon ^a  

^a Media Utara Resources   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

ECM; Electricity consumption; Growth

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; GROWTH (MATERIALS); MILITARY ELECTRONIC COUNTERMEASURES;

AUTO-REGRESSIVE; COINTEGRATION; CRITICAL VALUE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; FACTORS OF PRODUCTION; MULTIVARIATE MODELING;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY USE; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 46249091634     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.04.026     Document Type: Article

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