The nexus between energy consumption, economic growth, and urbanization in Latin American and Caribbean countries: An approach with PVAR model

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The nexus between energy consumption, economic growth and urbanization was analyzed for a panel of twenty-one Latin American and Caribbean countries over a period from 1980-2014. The Panel Data Vector Autoregressive (PVAR) was used in order to analyze the relationship among all variables. The results indicated that there is a unidirectional relationship between urbanization and energy consumption, and a bidirectional nexus among economic growth and energy consumption in Latin America and Caribbean region.

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Matheus Koengkan, University of Beira Interior

Mestre em Economia pela Universidade da Beira Interior (Portugal), Pós­-graduado em Controladoria e Finanças pela Universidade Federal Fluminense-UFF , Bacharel em Ciências Contábeis pelo Centro Universitário de Volta Redonda­UniFOA (2013). Atualmente, pesquisador em economia da energia, finanças empresáriais e meio ambiente na Universidade da Beira Interior e avaliador da Revista Brasileira de Energias Renováveis (RBER).

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2017-11-29

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