Energy consumption and economic growth: Evidence from Cameroon

Energy Policy

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 1295-1304

  Fondja Wandji, Yris D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Economic growth; Energy consumption

Indexed keywords

CAMEROON; CO-INTEGRATION TESTS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ERROR CORRECTION MODELS; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; NON-STATIONARITIES; THREE-STEP APPROACH;

ECONOMICS; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ERROR CORRECTION;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC POLICY; ENERGY USE; ERROR CORRECTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT;

CAMEROON;

EID: 84881667573     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.05.115     Document Type: Article

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