On the convergence in China's provincial per capita energy consumption: New evidence from a spatial econometric analysis

Energy Economics

Volumn 68, Issue , 2017, Pages 31-43

  Hao, Yu ^a   Peng, Hui ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Convergence; Energy consumption; Panel data; Spatial econometric model

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INVESTMENTS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

CHINA; CONVERGENCE; ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY-CONSUMPTION; INHERENT CHARACTERISTICS; PANEL DATA; PER CAPITA; SPATIAL ECONOMETRIC MODELS; SPATIAL ECONOMETRICS;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY USE; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; PANEL DATA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 85041488150     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2017.09.008     Document Type: Article

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