Are Fluctuations in Coal Consumption Transitory or Permanent? Evidence from A Panel of US States
This short communication investigates whether or not US coal consumption follows a stationary process by examining coal consumption for the 50 US states over the period 1982–2007. Employing several panel unit root and stationarity tests with endogenously determined structural breaks, the results ind...
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| author | Apergis, Nicholas Loomis, D. Payne, J. |
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| description | This short communication investigates whether or not US coal consumption follows a stationary process by examining coal consumption for the 50 US states over the period 1982–2007. Employing several panel unit root and stationarity tests with endogenously determined structural breaks, the results indicate that coal consumption is integrated of order zero. Thus, energy conservation policies oriented towards the reduction of coal consumption will only have short-term effects. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-193992017-09-13T13:46:47Z Are Fluctuations in Coal Consumption Transitory or Permanent? Evidence from A Panel of US States Apergis, Nicholas Loomis, D. Payne, J. Panel unit root Coal consumption Structural breaks This short communication investigates whether or not US coal consumption follows a stationary process by examining coal consumption for the 50 US states over the period 1982–2007. Employing several panel unit root and stationarity tests with endogenously determined structural breaks, the results indicate that coal consumption is integrated of order zero. Thus, energy conservation policies oriented towards the reduction of coal consumption will only have short-term effects. 2010 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19399 10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.12.005 Elsevier restricted |
| spellingShingle | Panel unit root Coal consumption Structural breaks Apergis, Nicholas Loomis, D. Payne, J. Are Fluctuations in Coal Consumption Transitory or Permanent? Evidence from A Panel of US States |
| title | Are Fluctuations in Coal Consumption Transitory or Permanent? Evidence from A Panel of US States |
| title_full | Are Fluctuations in Coal Consumption Transitory or Permanent? Evidence from A Panel of US States |
| title_fullStr | Are Fluctuations in Coal Consumption Transitory or Permanent? Evidence from A Panel of US States |
| title_full_unstemmed | Are Fluctuations in Coal Consumption Transitory or Permanent? Evidence from A Panel of US States |
| title_short | Are Fluctuations in Coal Consumption Transitory or Permanent? Evidence from A Panel of US States |
| title_sort | are fluctuations in coal consumption transitory or permanent? evidence from a panel of us states |
| topic | Panel unit root Coal consumption Structural breaks |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19399 |