Are China's energy markets cointegrated?

China Economic Review

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 398-407

  Ma, Hengyun ^a,b   Oxley, Les ^b  

^a HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

China; Energy economy; Fuel; Panel cointegration tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960960404     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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