Modeling gasoline demand with structural breaks: New evidence from Nigeria

International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Omisakin, Olusegun A ^a,b   Oyinlola, Abimbola M ^b   Adeniyi, Oluwatosin A ^a,b  

^a REDEEMER S UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cointegration; Gasoline demand modeling; Parameter stability; Structural breaks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892154170     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21464553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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