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ENERGY SOURCES PART B-ECONOMICS PLANNING AND POLICY
Volume 7, Issue 4, Pages 423-431Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/15567249.2011.639336
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Central America; Granger-causality; growth; panel; renewable and non-renewable electricity consumption
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This study investigates the Granger-causal relationship between renewable and non-renewable electricity consumption and economic growth in the case of Central America within a panel error correction model framework. Larsson et al. (2001) panel cointegration test reveals a long-run equilibrium relationship between real gross domestic product, renewable electricity consumption, non-renewable electricity consumption, real gross fixed capital formation, and the labor force. With the exception of renewable electricity consumption, the respective long-run coefficient estimates are positive and statistically significant. The results from the panel error correction model indicate unidirectional causality from renewable electricity consumption to economic growth in the short-run, but bidirectional causality in the long-run. The results also indicate bidirectional causality between non-renewable electricity consumption and economic growth in both the short-run and long-run.
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