Carbon emissions, energy consumption and output: A threshold analysis on the causal dynamics in emerging African economies

Energy Policy

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 172-182

  Mensah, Justice Tei ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Africa; Energy; GDP; Policy regime shifts

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; CARBON; STATISTICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA; EMISSIONS INTO THE ATMOSPHERE; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GDP; REGIME SHIFT; THRESHOLD ANALYSIS; THRESHOLD COINTEGRATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECONOMICS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; GLOBAL ECONOMY; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST;

AFRICA;

EID: 84899910184     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.03.038     Document Type: Article

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