Nuclear energy consumption and economic growth in the U.S.: An empirical note

This empirical note examines the relationship between nuclear energy consumption growth and real gross domestic product (GDP) growth within a neoclassical production function framework for the US using annual data from 1957 to 2006. The Toda-Yamamoto (1995) test for long-run Granger-causality reveals the absence of Granger-causality between nuclear energy consumption growth and real GDP growth which supports the neutrality hypothesis within the energy consumption-economic growth literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Energy Sources Part B: Economics, Planning & Policy is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the...

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: CONSUMPTION (Economics), GROSS domestic product, Granger-causality, NEUTRALITY, NUCLEAR energy, All tags... STRUCTURAL frames, Toda-Yamamoto, growth, Fewer tags