Authors

• Luis A. Gil-Alana (alana@unav.es)
  Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Universidad de Navarra
• James Payne (jepayne@ilstu.edu)
  College of Arts and Sciences, Illinois State University
• David Loomis (dloomis@ilstu.edu)
  Department of Economics, Illinois State University

Abstract
This communication analyzes the energy consumption by the U.S. electric power by various energy sources through fractional integration. In doing so, we are able to determine the level of persistence of the shocks affecting each energy source. The results indicate long memory behavior as each energy source is highly persistent, displaying long memory along with autoregressive behavior and strong seasonal patterns.

Number of Pages:15

Creation Date:2010-02-09

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