The effect of electricity consumption from renewable sources on countries economic growth levels: Evidence from advanced, emerging and developing economies

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 39, Issue , 2014, Pages 166-173

  Halkos, George E ^a   Tzeremes, Nickolaos G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Local linear estimator; Nonparametric analysis; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE;

ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTS; LOCAL LINEAR ESTIMATOR; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; NON-PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS; NON-PARAMETRIC TECHNIQUES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 84905254672     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.07.082     Document Type: Review

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