The goal of this paper is to undertake a panel data investigation of long-run Granger causality between electricity consumption and real GDP for seven panels, which together consist of 93 countries. We use a new panel causality test and find that in the long-run both electricity consumption and real GDP have a bidirectional Granger causality relationship except for the Middle East where causality runs only from GDP to electricity consumption. Finally, for the G6 panel the estimates reveal a negative sign effect, implying that increasing electricity consumption in the six most industrialised nations will reduce GDP. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Univ San Ignacio Loyola, Fac Business Sci, Ctr Econ Res & Sectoral & Social Pol, Econ Programs, Lima 15024, PeruUniv San Ignacio Loyola, Fac Business Sci, Ctr Econ Res & Sectoral & Social Pol, Econ Programs, Lima 15024, Peru
Navarro, Ciro Eduardo Bazan
Ruiz, Juan Daniel Morocho
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Natl Univ Piura UNP, Econ Career, Piura, PeruUniv San Ignacio Loyola, Fac Business Sci, Ctr Econ Res & Sectoral & Social Pol, Econ Programs, Lima 15024, Peru
Ruiz, Juan Daniel Morocho
Alvarado, Juan Francisco Castillo
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Natl Univ Piura UNP, Econ Career, Piura, PeruUniv San Ignacio Loyola, Fac Business Sci, Ctr Econ Res & Sectoral & Social Pol, Econ Programs, Lima 15024, Peru
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Xi An Jiao Tong Univ, Sch Econ & Finance, Xian, Shaanxi, Peoples R ChinaXi An Jiao Tong Univ, Sch Econ & Finance, Xian, Shaanxi, Peoples R China
Wen, Jun
Chang, Chun-Ping
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Xi An Jiao Tong Univ, Sch Econ & Finance, Xian, Shaanxi, Peoples R China
Shih Chien Univ, Dept Mkt Management, Kaohsiung Campus, Kaohsiung, TaiwanXi An Jiao Tong Univ, Sch Econ & Finance, Xian, Shaanxi, Peoples R China
Chang, Chun-Ping
Weng, Jia-Hsi
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Natl Sun Yat Sen Univ, Inst China & Asia Pacific Studies, Kaohsiung, TaiwanXi An Jiao Tong Univ, Sch Econ & Finance, Xian, Shaanxi, Peoples R China
Weng, Jia-Hsi
Liu, Jiliang
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Capital Normal Univ, Coll Educ, Beijing, Peoples R ChinaXi An Jiao Tong Univ, Sch Econ & Finance, Xian, Shaanxi, Peoples R China