Causal relationship between nuclear energy consumption and economic growth in G6 countries: Evidence from panel Granger causality tests

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 77, Issue , 2014, Pages 187-193

  Chang, T ^a   Gatwabuyege, F ^b   Gupta, R ^b   Inglesi Lotz, R ^b   Manjezi, N C ^b   Simo Kengne, B D ^b  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

GDP; Granger causality; Heterogeneous mixed panels; Nuclear energy consumption

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; NUCLEAR ENERGY; STATISTICAL TESTS;

CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EMPIRICAL FINDINGS; GDP; GRANGER CAUSALITY; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; HETEROGENEOUS MIXED PANELS; NEUTRALITY HYPOTHESIS; ECONOMIC GROWTHS;

ECONOMICS; NUCLEAR ENERGY;

EID: 84905512173     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2014.07.006     Document Type: Article

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