Growth and energy nexus in Europe revisited: Evidence from a fixed effects political economy model

Energy Policy

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 881-887

  Menegaki, Angeliki N ^a   Ozturk, Ilhan ^b  

^a Organismos Georgikon Asfaliseon   (Greece)

^b CAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Energy; Growth; Political stability

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; ENERGY; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; FOSSIL ENERGY CONSUMPTION; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; POLITICAL COMPETITION; POLITICAL STABILITY;

ECONOMICS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; GROWTH (MATERIALS);

STABILITY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY USE; FOSSIL FUEL; MODELING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PANEL DATA; POLITICAL ECONOMY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

EUROPE;

EID: 84881661652     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.06.076     Document Type: Article

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