Energy consumption and GDP in Italy: cointegration and causality analysis

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 137-153

  Magazzino, Cosimo ^a,b,c  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Italian Economic Association (SIE)   (Italy)

^c Royal Society   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causality; Cointegration; Energy consumption; Energy policies; GDP; Italy; Stationarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939871578     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: 15732975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-014-9543-8     Document Type: Article

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