Economic growth, energy consumption and CO2 emissions in Gulf cooperation council countries

Energy

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 44-58

  Salahuddin, Mohammad ^a   Gow, Jeff ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Decoupling effects; Economic growth; Energy consumption; GCC countries

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GLOBAL WARMING;

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; DECOUPLING EFFECTS; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ECONOMIC SECTORS; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; GCC COUNTRIES; GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL; REGULATORY POLICIES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84905736073     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.05.054     Document Type: Article

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