Electricity consumption, income, foreign direct investment, and population in Malaysia: New evidence from multivariate framework analysis

Journal of Economic Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 371-382

  Tang, Chor Foon ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Electricity industry; Energy consumption; International investments; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950864037     PISSN: 01443585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443580910973583     Document Type: Article

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