This study analyses the effect of natural gas consumption on economic performance in selected sub-Saharan African countries between 1998 and 2017. The lag augmented vector autoregressive approach of Toda and Yamamoto to heterogeneous mixed panels illustrated in Emirmahmutoglu and Kose and the dynamic heterogeneous techniques are employed in data analysis. The study finds a significant long-run relationship between the real gross domestic product and natural gas consumption. The study also reveals that natural gas consumption has a significant positive influence on economic performance in the short run. Furthermore, the results support the conservative hypothesis for the selected sub-Saharan African countries. Therefore, it is reasonable for the selected sub-Saharan African countries to formulate and promote cost-effective and eco-friendly energy and environmental policies that will enhance the use of natural gas without reducing economic performance in the long run.

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选定的撒哈拉以南非洲国家的天然气消费和经济表现：异质面板ARDL分析

本研究分析了 1998 年至 2017 年选定的撒哈拉以南非洲国家的天然气消费对经济表现的影响。 Toda 和 Yamamoto 对 Emirmahmutoglu 和 Kose 中说明的异质混合面板的滞后增强矢量自回归方法和动态异质技术被采用在数据分析中。该研究发现实际国内生产总值与天然气消费量之间存在显着的长期关系。研究还表明，天然气消费在短期内对经济表现有显着的积极影响。此外，结果支持所选撒哈拉以南非洲国家的保守假设。所以，