GDP and environment pressure: The role of energy in Latin America and the Caribbean

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 7941-7949

  Zilio, Mariana ^a   Recalde, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Energy consumption; Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC)

Indexed keywords

COINTEGRATION; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ENVIRONMENT PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVES; ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES; LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN; LATIN AMERICANS; PANEL DATA; PER CAPITA;

DATA REDUCTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENERGY UTILIZATION;

ECONOMICS;

COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENERGY USE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; PANEL DATA;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 80855132878     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.09.049     Document Type: Article

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