Energy consumption and economic growth: The experience of African countries revisited

Energy Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 217-224

  Wolde Rufael, Yemane ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Energy consumption; Generalised variance decomposition; Lag augmented causality

Indexed keywords

GROWTH (MATERIALS); IMPULSE RESPONSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; GENERALISED VARIANCE DECOMPOSITION; GRANGER CAUSALITY; LAG-AUGMENTED CAUSALITY; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL INFERENCES;

ECONOMICS;

CAPITAL; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENERGY USE; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; LABOR SUPPLY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AFRICA;

EID: 58549109603     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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