The Relationship between Electricity Consumption and Economic Growth in Developing Countries: The Case of Turkey

Thorsten Mehltretter and Torsten Amelung

No 62, Kiel Advanced Studies Working Papers from Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel)

Abstract: The paper analyses the link between electricity consumption and industrial and manufacturing output. The electricity sector plays a major role in the a development of a country, as there is a strong link between industrial power consumption and production. While this relationship, the so-called "iron link" is quite obvious on the aggregate level, the sectoral analysis came up with less a less stron correlation.

Keywords: Public Investment in the Power sector; Impact on Economic Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q43 Q48 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1986
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