TY - JOUR T1 - Energy Consumption and Economic Growth in South Africa AU - Femi Olayiwola, Matthew JO - Journal of Modern Mathematics and Statistics VL - 15 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 7 PY - 2021 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1994-5388 DO - jmmstat.2021.1.7 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jmmstat.2021.1.7 KW - ARDL KW -bounds test KW -cointegration KW -Granger causality KW -Augmented Dickey-Fuller KW -GDP KW -petrol KW -electricity KW -economic growth KW -energy AB - This study examines the long-run and short-run causal relationship among the petrol consumption, electricity consumption and GDP in South Africa using 16 years quarterly data (2005Q1-2020Q2). The results show that electricity and GDP are integrated of the same order, I(1) while petrol is integrated of order zero. There exists a long-run relationship between petrol and GDP models. Only the petrol model system returns to equilibrium with adjustment speed of 128.4%. Petrol and electricity models are found to be stable and significant with no defects, GDP Model is also stable but insignificant and its residuals are not normally distributed. A unidirectional causality runs from GDP to petrol and electricity. However, petrol and electricity do granger cause each other. have and there is no long-run relationship between them. In the short and long run, GDP has a significant negative impact on electricity and petrol consumption in South Africa, respectively. ER -