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The role of renewable energy in reducing terrorism: Evidence from Pakistan

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  • Mohamed, Hassen
  • Alimi, Mohsen
  • Ben Youssef, Slim

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Critics have investigated the relationship between fossil energy and conflicts, incorporating political, military, economic and social factors that have led to these clashes. Nevertheless, to our knowledge, no econometric study has examined the causal relationship between renewable or fossil energy and conflicts such as terrorism in the case of Pakistan.

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  • Mohamed, Hassen & Alimi, Mohsen & Ben Youssef, Slim, 2021. "The role of renewable energy in reducing terrorism: Evidence from Pakistan," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 175(C), pages 1088-1100.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:175:y:2021:i:c:p:1088-1100
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2021.05.024
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    Renewable and non-renewable energy; Terrorism; Economic growth; Income inequality; Autoregressive distributed lag; Granger causality; Pakistan;
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    • C32 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes; State Space Models
    • Q42 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Alternative Energy Sources
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