Energy consumption and economic growth in Ethiopia: A dynamic causal linkage

Sheilla Nyasha, Yvonne Gwenhure and Nicholas Odhiambo

Energy & Environment, 2018, vol. 29, issue 8, 1393-1412

Abstract: In this study, we have explored the causal relationship between energy consumption and economic growth in Ethiopia, during the period from 1971 to 2013. We have employed a multivariate Granger-causality framework that incorporates financial development, investment and trade openness as intermittent variables – in an effort to address the omission-of-variable bias. Based on the newly developed ARDL bounds testing approach to co-integration and the error-correction model-based causality model, our results show that in Ethiopia, there is a distinct unidirectional Granger-causality from economic growth to energy consumption. These results apply, irrespective of whether the estimation is done in the short run or in the long run. We recommend that policy makers in Ethiopia should consider expanding their energy-mix options, in order to cope with the future demand arising from the real sector growth.

Keywords: Ethiopia; energy consumption; economic growth; Granger-causality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1177/0958305X18779574

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