The importance of electrical energy for economic growth in Barbados

Energy Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1411-1420

  Lorde, Troy ^a   Waithe, Kimberly ^b   Francis, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b Research and Planning Unit   (Barbados)

Author keywords

Barbados; Economic growth; Electrical energy consumption

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE PRODUCTION; BARBADOS; CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; CONTINGENCY PLANNING; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ELECTRICAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; ENERGY CAPACITY; FOREIGN EXCHANGE; MARKET SHARE; PAPER TESTS; POLICY MAKERS; RATE OF CONSUMPTION; REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT; RENEWABLE SOURCES; RESIDENTIAL SECTORS;

AGGLOMERATION; COMPETITION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY USE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; POLICY MAKING; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY;

BARBADOS;

EID: 78149408397     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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