Energy Consumption-Economic Growth Nexus: Evidence from Linear and Nonlinear Models in Selected African Countries

Ibrahim Raheem and Hammed Yusuf

International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 2015, vol. 5, issue 2, 558-564

Abstract: In the energy-growth nexus, due to structural change that cannot be accounted for in the linear model this study considers the possibility of the nonlinear model. Using dataset for fifteen countries in Africa for the period 1980-2010, we found that linear model has misspecification error, thus, lending support for the nonlinear model. We provide evidence of inverted U shape in Benin, Cote d Ivoire, Egypt, Togo and Tunisia. This also confirms Environmental Kuznet Curve hypothesis. The low regime of energy consumption (EC) retards growth in Sudan and South Africa, while high regime of EC enhances growth in Algeria, Morocco and Senegal. We also find evidence of neutrality hypothesis in Cameroon and Zambia.

Keywords: Energy consumption; Economic Growth; Threshold Regression Model; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C22 O40 Q53 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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