The effect of renewable energy consumption on economic growth: Evidence from top 38 countries

Applied Energy

Volumn 162, Issue , 2016, Pages 733-741

  Bhattacharya, Mita ^a   Paramati, Sudharshan Reddy ^b   Ozturk, Ilhan ^c   Bhattacharya, Sankar ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JIANGXI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c CAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

FMOLS; GDP growth; Heterogeneous panel; Low carbon economies; Renewable energy; Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ELASTICITY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INVESTMENTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

FMOLS; GDP GROWTH; HETEROGENEOUS PANEL; LOW CARBON ECONOMY; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

CARBON; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY RESOURCE; GLOBAL CHANGE; PANEL DATA; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

EID: 84946606035     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.10.104     Document Type: Article

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