Carbon dioxide emissions, GDP, energy use, and population growth: a multivariate and causality analysis for Ghana, 1971–2013

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 13508-13520

  Asumadu Sarkodie, Samuel ^a   Owusu, Phebe Asantewaa ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ARDL bound test; Carbon dioxide emissions; Econometrics; Ghana; Multivariate co integration; Variance decomposition

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMETRICS; ENERGY USE; ERROR CORRECTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION GROWTH; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY;

GHANA;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GHANA; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HUMAN; POPULATION GROWTH; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GHANA; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION GROWTH;

EID: 84962288163     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-6511-x     Document Type: Article

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