Bounds testing approach to analysis of the environment Kuznets curve hypothesis

Energy Economics

Volumn 44, Issue , 2014, Pages 47-62

  Onafowora, Olugbenga A ^a   Owoye, Oluwole ^b  

^a SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ARDL bounds test; Economic growth; Energy consumption; Environmental Kuznets curve (EKC)

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMERCE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ARDL BOUNDS TESTS; BOUNDS TESTING APPROACHES; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVES; PARAMETER STABILITY; POPULATION DENSITIES; TEMPORAL RELATIONSHIPS; TRADE OPENNESS;

ECONOMICS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENERGY USE; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; KUZNETS CURVE; POPULATION DENSITY;

BRAZIL; CHINA; EGYPT; JAPAN; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NIGERIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84898945458     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2014.03.025     Document Type: Article

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