Are shocks to electricity consumption permanent or transitory? Evidence from new panel stationarity tests with gradual structural breaks for 18 MENA countries

• Published in: Applied economics letters Vol. ahead-of-print; no. ahead-of-print; pp. 1 - 5
• Main Authors: Husein, Jamal G., Kara, S. Murat
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 28.06.2023
• Subjects: electricity consumption; Fourier approximation; MENA; Panel stationarity test; structural breaks

This study re-examines the stationarity properties of per capita electricity consumption in 18 MENA countries from 1980-2021. We use a novel panel stationarity test with a Fourier approximation to capture structural breaks and nonlinearities in the data. This Fourier panel test accounts for cross-se...