Electricity consumption and economic growth: Trivariate investigation in Botswana with capital formation

International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 32-46

  Sakiru Adebola, Solarin ^a  

^a Universiti Utara   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Botswana; Bound test; Causality; Economic growth; Electricity consumption; Structural break

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866990240     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21464553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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