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Table 10 Summary of causality tests

From: Electricity consumption and sectoral output in Uganda: an empirical investigation

No.

Null hypothesis

t test on ECT

F test

Conclusion

Short run

Long run

1.

Electricity consumption does not Granger cause GDP

6.66 (0.016)**

0.42 (0.794)

\( {\text{ELE}} \ne {\text{GDP}} \)

\( {\text{ELEC}} \to {\text{GDP}} \)

2.

GDP does not Granger cause electricity consumption

 

1.92 (0.137)

\( {\text{GDP}} \ne {\text{ELEC}} \)

\( {\text{GDP}} \ne {\text{ELEC}} \)

3.

Electricity consumption does not Granger cause agriculture

 

1.59 (0.214)

\( {\text{ELEC}} \ne {\text{AGRIC}} \)

\( {\text{ELEC}} \ne {\text{AGRIC}} \)

4.

Agriculture does not Granger cause electricity consumption

 

0.07 (0.798)

\( {\text{AGRIC}} \ne {\text{ELEC}} \)

\( {\text{AGRIC}} \ne {\text{ELEC}} \)

5.

Electricity consumption does not Granger cause industry

5.84 (0.021)**

0.00 (0.957)

\( {\text{ELEC}} \ne {\text{IND}} \)

\( {\text{ELEC}} \to {\text{IND}} \)

6.

Industry does not Granger cause electricity consumption

 

1.15 (0.291)

\( {\text{IND}} \ne {\text{ELEC}} \)

\( {\text{IND}} \ne {\text{ELEC}} \)

7.

Electricity consumption does not Granger cause services

1.54 (0.224)

0.99 (0.411)

\( {\text{ELEC}} \ne {\text{SERV}} \)

\( {\text{ELEC}} \ne {\text{SERV}} \)

8.

Services does not Granger cause electricity consumption

 

7.48 (0.001)***

\( {\text{SERV}} \to {\text{ELEC}} \)

\( {\text{SERV}} \ne {\text{ELEC}} \)

  1. The test statistics are tabulated; p values are in parentheses
  2. Causality relationships: \( \to \) and \( \ne \) denote unidirectional causality and no causality, respectively
  3. *** Significance at the 1 % level
  4. ** Significance at the 5 % level
  5. * Significance at the 10 % level