Electricity Consumption-economic growth-CO2 Emissions nexus in sub-saharan Africa: Evidence from panel cointegration

African Development Review

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 359-371

  Gao, Jing ^a   Zhang, Lei ^b  

^a CAPITAL UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY USE; ERROR CORRECTION; KUZNETS CURVE; PANEL DATA;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84904293019     PISSN: 10176772     EISSN: 14678268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8268.12087     Document Type: Article

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