Is the long-run relationship between economic growth, electricity consumption, carbon dioxide emissions and financial development in Gulf Cooperation Council Countries robust?

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 51, Issue , 2015, Pages 317-326

  Salahuddin, Mohammad ^a   Gow, Jeff ^a,b   Ozturk, Ilhan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c CAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

CO2 emissions; Economic growth; Electricity consumption; Financial development; GCC countries

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; FINANCE; GLOBAL WARMING; IMPULSE RESPONSE;

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CO 2 EMISSION; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ELECTRICITY ECONOMICS; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT; GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL; GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COUNTRY; LONGEST RUN; ORDINARY LEAST SQUARES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84934999730     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.06.005     Document Type: Review

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