Relationships among energy consumption, pollution emission, and economic growth in Nepal

Energy

Volumn 80, Issue , 2015, Pages 254-262

  Bastola, Umesh ^a   Sapkota, Pratikshya ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causality; CO2 emissions; Cointegration; Energy consumption; Nepal

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; POLLUTION;

CARBON EMISSION REDUCTIONS; CAUSALITY; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; COINTEGRATION; ECONOMETRIC METHODOLOGIES; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; NEPAL;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUEL CONSUMPTION; POLICY MAKING;

NEPAL;

EID: 84921433535     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.11.068     Document Type: Article

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