Energy consumption and economic growth: Evidence from 11 Sub-Sahara African countries

Energy Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2391-2400

  Akinlo, A E ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Bounds test; Causality; Economic growth; Energy consumption; Sub Saharan

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ERROR CORRECTION; TESTING; VECTORS;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; AUTO-REGRESSIVE (AR); BI DIRECTIONAL; CAMEROON; CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ELSEVIER (CO); ENERGY CONSUMPTION; GRANGER (CO); GRANGER CAUSALITY; NIGERIA; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA (SSA); VECTOR ERROR CORRECTION MODEL; ZIMBABWE;

ENERGY POLICY;

COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY USE; ERROR CORRECTION; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; EAST AFRICA; GAMBIA; GHANA; KENYA; NIGERIA; SENEGAL; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN; TOGO; WEST AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 48049118988     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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