Causal links between renewable energy, environmental degradation and economic growth in selected SAARC countries: Progress towards green economy

Renewable Energy

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 123-132

  Zeb, Raheel ^a   Salar, Laleena ^a   Awan, Usama ^b   Zaman, Khalid ^a   Shahbaz, Muhammad ^c  

^a Tobe Camp University Road Abbottabad   (Pakistan)

^b Department of Environmental Sciences   (Pakistan)

^c COMSATS Institute of Information Technology   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Carbon emission; Energy; Panel cointegration; Resource depletion; SAARC countries

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECONOMICS; GLOBAL WARMING; STATISTICAL TESTS;

CARBON EMISSIONS; ENERGY; PANEL CO INTEGRATIONS; RESOURCE DEPLETION; SAARC COUNTRIES;

NATURAL RESOURCES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOUTH ASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

BANGLADESH; INDIA; NEPAL; PAKISTAN; SRI LANKA;

EID: 84901979252     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.05.012     Document Type: Article

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