A proper modeling of the long-run behavior of energy and oil intensities is crucial for many reasons. This paper aims at checking whether this long-run behavior should be modelled as a deterministic or a stochastic trend, or both. We firstly apply a test for a deterministic trend robust to...

A proper modeling of the long-run behavior of energy and oil intensities is crucial in many respects. This paper aims at checking whether this long-run behavior should be modelled as a deterministic or a stochastic trend or both. We first apply a test for a deterministic trend robust to...

This paper evaluates the convergence of energy intensities for a group of 97 countries in the period 1971-2003. Convergence is tested using a recent method proposed by Pesaran (2007) [Pesaran, M.H., 2007. A pair-wise approach to testing for output and growth convergence. Journal of Econometrics...