Nuclear energy consumption, oil prices, and economic growth: Evidence from highly industrialized countries

Energy Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 236-248

  Lee, Chien Chiang ^a   Chiu, Yi Bin ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Granger causality test; Nuclear energy consumption; Oil prices

Indexed keywords

CAUSALITY TEST; COINTEGRATION; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; FORECAST ERROR VARIANCE DECOMPOSITION; GERMANY; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; IMPULSE RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; INCOME ELASTICITIES; INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES; LUXURY GOODS; NUCLEAR ENERGY CONSUMPTION; OIL CONSUMPTION; OIL PRICES;

COSTS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; IMPULSE RESPONSE; NUCLEAR ENERGY;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; NUCLEAR POWER; OIL SUPPLY; PRICE DYNAMICS;

CANADA; GERMANY; JAPAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79151481672     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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