Revisiting the relationship between electricity consumption, capital and economic growth: Cointegration and causality analysis in Romania

Romanian Journal of Economic Forecasting

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 97-120

  Shahbaz, Muhammad ^a   Mutascu, Mihai ^b,c   Tiwari, Aviral Kumar ^d  

^a Department of Electrical Computer Engineering   (Pakistan)

^b WEST UNIVERSITY OF TIMISOARA   (Romania)

^c LEO Laboratoire d'Economie d'Orléans UMR7322   (France)

^d ICFAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cointegration; Electricity consumption; Growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868321469     PISSN: 15826163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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