Energy consumption and economic growth: Evidence from China at both aggregated and disaggregated levels

Energy Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 3077-3094

  Yuan, Jia Hai ^a   Kang, Jian Gang ^a   Zhao, Chang Hong ^a   Hu, Zhao Guang ^b  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STATE POWER ECONOMIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

China; Cointegration; Economic growth; Energy consumption; Vector error correction

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COAL; COAL INDUSTRY; CONSERVATION; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS; ECONOMICS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; PLANNING; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

AGGREGATE PRODUCTION; CHINA; COINTEGRATION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY; ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION; EMPIRICAL FINDINGS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY SOURCING; ENERGY SUPPLIES; ENERGY SUPPLY SECURITY; ENERGY USES; ENERGY-DEPENDENT; GRANGER CAUSALITY; OIL CONSUMPTIONS; PAPER TESTING; POLICIES AND MEASURES; POLICY SUGGESTIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SAVE ENERGY; TOTAL ENERGIES; TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION; VECTOR ERROR-CORRECTION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

COAL SUPPLY; COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY USE; ERROR CORRECTION; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; OIL SUPPLY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 52049108929     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

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