Energy consumption and economic growth in the light of meeting the targets of energy policy in the EU: The bootstrap panel Granger causality approach

Energy Policy

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 118-129

  Śmiech, Sławomir ^a   Papiez, Monika ^a  

^a CRACOW UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bootstrap panel Granger causality; Climate and energy package for 2020; Economic growth; Energy consumption

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ENERGY POLICY; GREENHOUSE GASES; STATISTICAL TESTS;

CLIMATE AND ENERGY PACKAGE FOR 2020; CLUSTER ANALYSIS METHODS; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS; GRANGER CAUSALITY; NEUTRALITY HYPOTHESIS; RENEWABLE ENERGY CONSUMPTION; TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

BOOTSTRAPPING; CARBON EMISSION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; EUROPEAN UNION; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; GREENHOUSE GAS; PANEL DATA;

EID: 84902113034     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.04.005     Document Type: Article

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