Energy prices, energy conservation, and economic growth: Evidence from the postwar United States

International Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 691-699

  Jin, Jang C ^a   Choi, Jai Young ^b   Yu, Eden S H ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b LAMAR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Energy conservation; Energy prices; Impulse responses; Variance decompositions

Indexed keywords

EID: 69349102728     PISSN: 10590560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2008.09.014     Document Type: Article

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