Revisiting world energy intensity convergence for regional differences

Brantley Liddle

Applied Energy, 2010, vol. 87, issue 10, 3218-3225

Abstract: World convergence in energy intensity is revisited using two new large data sets: a 111-country sample spanning 1971-2006, and a 134-country sample spanning 1990-2006. Both data sets confirm continued convergence. However, the larger data set, which adds the former Soviet Union republics and additional Balkan countries, indicates greater convergence over its more recent time-frame. Further investigation of geographical differences reveals that the OECD and Eurasian countries have shown considerable, continued convergence, while the Sub-Saharan African countries have converged amongst themselves, but at a slower rate than the OECD and Eurasian countries; by contrast, Latin American and Caribbean and Middle East and North African countries have exhibited no convergence to divergence in energy intensity.

Keywords: Energy; intensity; Convergence; Intra-distribution; dynamics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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