We explore the relationship between economic growth and energy consumption using regional level data for 2004–2014 period. Data on electricity consumption for regional distributional areas cannot be used with the economic data for county/regional level since the borders of regional electricity distributional areas do not correspond to administrative NUTS-3 borders. We use a proprietary dataset of actual electricity consumption for Croatian counties which allows us to revisit the energy-growth nexus dilemma from a disaggregated viewpoint. We find significant policy implications stemming from comovement between counties and long term positive influence of energy, capital and labour on industrial output.

我们使用2004-2014年期间的区域数据探索经济增长与能源消耗之间的关系。区域配电区的用电量数据不能与县/地区级的经济数据一起使用，因为区域配电区的边界不符合NUTS-3行政边界。我们使用克罗地亚各县的实际电力消耗专有数据集，这使我们可以从分类的角度重新审视能源增长的关系困境。我们发现重要的政策含义源于县之间的联动以及能源，资本和劳动力对工业产出的长期积极影响。