Fuel subsidy in Nigeria: Fact or fallacy

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2796-2801

  Nwachukwu, Maxwell Umunna ^a   Chike, Harold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Fuel; Nigeria; Price; Subsidy

Indexed keywords

FUELS; LINEAR REGRESSION;

EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; FUEL DEMAND; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; NIGERIA; PRICE; SUBSIDY;

FUEL ECONOMY;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FUEL; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LINEARITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

NIGERIA;

EID: 79955660105     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.02.020     Document Type: Article

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