Energy price uncertainty, energy intensity and firm investment

Energy Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-78

  Yoon, Kyung Hwan ^a   Ratti, Ronald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Energy intensity; Energy price uncertainty; Firm investment; GMM IV

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL STOCK; CONDITIONAL VARIANCE; ENERGY INTENSITY; ENERGY PRICES; ERROR CORRECTION MODELS; FIRM INVESTMENT; GARCH MODELS; GMM-IV; HIGH GROWTH; MANUFACTURING FIRMS; SALES GROWTH;

COSTS; INDUSTRY; SALES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

INVESTMENTS;

ENERGY MARKET; ERROR CORRECTION; INVESTMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRICE DYNAMICS; STOCK MARKET; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 78650258401     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2010.04.011     Document Type: Article

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