Energy distribution and economic growth

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 782-797

  Dalgaard, Carl Johan ^a   Strulik, Holger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Energy; Networks; Power laws

Indexed keywords

DISPERSED SITES; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; ENERGY; ENERGY CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; GROWTH MODELS; GROWTH PROCESS; MODEL FIT; PER CAPITA; PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS; PHYSICAL REALITY; POWER LAW; SUPPLY RELATIONS;

ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ELECTRICITY; INVESTMENTS; PROFITABILITY;

AGGLOMERATION;

DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY USE; GROWTH MODELING; INVESTMENT; POWER LAW; PROFITABILITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79961111583     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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