Sectoral analysis of the causal relationship between electricity consumption and real output in Pakistan

Chor Foon Tang and Muhammad Shahbaz

Energy Policy, 2013, vol. 60, issue C, 885-891

Abstract: This study uses the annual data from 1972 to 2010 to assess the causal relationship between electricity consumption and real output at the aggregate and sectoral levels in Pakistan. This study covers three main economic sectors in Pakistan namely agricultural, manufacturing and services sectors. Our cointegration results reveal that the variables are cointegrated at the aggregate and sectoral levels. At the aggregate level, we find that there is uni-directional Granger causality running from electricity consumption to real output in Pakistan. At the sectoral level, we find that electricity consumption Granger-causes real output in the manufacturing and services sectors. However, there is no causal relationship between electricity consumption and real output in the agricultural sector. The policy implication of these results is that electricity conservation policies in general would deteriorate the process of economic growth as well as the real output in the manufacturing and services sectors in Pakistan. Nevertheless, we suggest the Pakistani government to implement the electricity conservation policies merely to the agricultural sector because such policies may have less or no adverse impact on its real output.

Keywords: Electricity consumption; Granger causality; Sectoral (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.05.077

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