Energy Intensity and Economic Growth in the MENA Region: Analyses of Panel Heterogeneous

Besma Talbi
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Besma Talbi: Departement of Quantitative Methods, Polytechnic School of Tunisia, Carthage University, Tunisia

Bulletin of Energy Economics (BEE), 2015, vol. 3, issue 4, 169-175

Abstract: This article analyses energy intensity for panel of six Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries: Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Egypt, Jordan, Iran, Arabia Saudi and Emirats Arab, over the period 1980 to 2012. It is based on panel data econometrics heterogeneous according to cointegration tests developed by Pedroni and the Pooled Mean Group (PMG) estimator of Pesaran. The results show that energy intensity of GDP in MENA depends largely on the level of investment, the structure of economies and urbanization.

Keywords: Energy; Growth; MENA (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F43 Q4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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