Electric power transmission, distribution losses, and economic growth in Ghana

Samuel Adams; Edem Kwame Mensah Klobodu; Richmond Odartey Lamptey

doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-2364-2.ch011

Electric power transmission, distribution losses, and economic growth in Ghana

Samuel Adams^*, Edem Kwame Mensah Klobodu, Richmond Odartey Lamptey

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This study examined the effect of electric power transmission and distribution losses (ETL) on economic growth over the period of 1971 to 2012 in Ghana. Using bounds testing approach to cointegration and Bai-Perron test in ordinary least squares framework, we find long-run relationship between ETL, gross capital formation, inflation, trade openness and economic growth. Secondly, while ETL do not have robust impact on economic growth, trade openness exerts a positive impact on economic growth in the long-run. Inflation and gross capital formation, however, have mixed relationships with economic growth. Furthermore, ETL yield a threshold value of 2.07. Finally, controlling for the urban population reveals that ETL moderates the relationship between urbanization and economic growth; higher ETL associates with an increasing negative effect on GDP per capita.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Social, Health, and Environmental Infrastructures for Economic Growth
Publisher	IGI Global
Pages	216-233
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	9781522523659
ISBN (Print)	1522523642, 9781522523642
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2364-2.ch011
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2017
Externally published	Yes

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