Energy consumption-economic growth nexus: Does the level of aggregation matter?

International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 55-62

  Abid, Mehdi ^a   Sebri, Maamar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUSSE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Energy sector; Granger causality; Tunisia; Vector error correction models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865011903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21464553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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