Renewable energy consumption and economic growth nexus: a fresh evidence from West Africa

• Main Authors: Maji, Ibrahim Kabiru, Sulaiman, Chindo, Abdul Samad, Abdul Rahim
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2019
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81983/1/Renewable%20energy%20consumption%20and%20economic%20growth%20nexus.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81983/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352484718302269
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

This paper estimates the impact of renewable energy on economic growth in West African countries using panel dynamic ordinary least squares (DOLS) by employing a sample of 15 West African countries covering the 1995-2014 period. The results indicated that renewable energy consumption slows down econ...