Demand for palm oil in the Balkans using autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL)

Demand for edible oils and fats in the Balkan countries shows an increasing trend, including the demand for palm oil. Imports of palm oil for this region are mainly sourced directly from major producing countries, namely Indonesia and Malaysia. The Balkan countries also import palm oil from non-pa...

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Main Authors: Kalsom Zakaria, Jirsah A Bakar Kunchu, Kamalrudin Mohamed Salleh, Balu Nambiappan, Nur Ain Mohd Hassan, Abdul Hafizh Mohd Azam
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14074/
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author Kalsom Zakaria,
Jirsah A Bakar Kunchu,
Kamalrudin Mohamed Salleh,
Balu Nambiappan,
Nur Ain Mohd Hassan,
Abdul Hafizh Mohd Azam,
author_facet Kalsom Zakaria,
Jirsah A Bakar Kunchu,
Kamalrudin Mohamed Salleh,
Balu Nambiappan,
Nur Ain Mohd Hassan,
Abdul Hafizh Mohd Azam,
author_sort Kalsom Zakaria,
building UKM Institutional Repository
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description Demand for edible oils and fats in the Balkan countries shows an increasing trend, including the demand for palm oil. Imports of palm oil for this region are mainly sourced directly from major producing countries, namely Indonesia and Malaysia. The Balkan countries also import palm oil from non-palm oil producing countries like the Netherlands, Germany and Italy. This study differs from existing studies on palm oil demand as it focuses on palm oil demand specifically in the 4 countries of the Balkan Region. Therefore, the quarterly data from from 2008 to 2016 are used to examine the factors affecting demand for palm oil in the Balkans using, this study used autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL). The result of the bound test from 4 Balkan countries only in 3 countries shows that the studied variables and palm oil demand there is a long-run relationship. The countries are Bulgaria, Croatia and Greece. This study also shows that GDP, population and palm oil price have significant influence on the demand for palm oil in the Balkan countries.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:140742020-01-31T22:32:08Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14074/ Demand for palm oil in the Balkans using autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) Kalsom Zakaria, Jirsah A Bakar Kunchu, Kamalrudin Mohamed Salleh, Balu Nambiappan, Nur Ain Mohd Hassan, Abdul Hafizh Mohd Azam, Demand for edible oils and fats in the Balkan countries shows an increasing trend, including the demand for palm oil. Imports of palm oil for this region are mainly sourced directly from major producing countries, namely Indonesia and Malaysia. The Balkan countries also import palm oil from non-palm oil producing countries like the Netherlands, Germany and Italy. This study differs from existing studies on palm oil demand as it focuses on palm oil demand specifically in the 4 countries of the Balkan Region. Therefore, the quarterly data from from 2008 to 2016 are used to examine the factors affecting demand for palm oil in the Balkans using, this study used autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL). The result of the bound test from 4 Balkan countries only in 3 countries shows that the studied variables and palm oil demand there is a long-run relationship. The countries are Bulgaria, Croatia and Greece. This study also shows that GDP, population and palm oil price have significant influence on the demand for palm oil in the Balkan countries. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14074/1/jeko_53%281%29-12.pdf Kalsom Zakaria, and Jirsah A Bakar Kunchu, and Kamalrudin Mohamed Salleh, and Balu Nambiappan, and Nur Ain Mohd Hassan, and Abdul Hafizh Mohd Azam, (2019) Demand for palm oil in the Balkans using autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL). Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, 53 (1). pp. 145-152. ISSN 0127-1962 http://www.ukm.my/fep/jem/content/2019.html
spellingShingle Kalsom Zakaria,
Jirsah A Bakar Kunchu,
Kamalrudin Mohamed Salleh,
Balu Nambiappan,
Nur Ain Mohd Hassan,
Abdul Hafizh Mohd Azam,
Demand for palm oil in the Balkans using autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL)
title Demand for palm oil in the Balkans using autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL)
title_full Demand for palm oil in the Balkans using autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL)
title_fullStr Demand for palm oil in the Balkans using autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL)
title_full_unstemmed Demand for palm oil in the Balkans using autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL)
title_short Demand for palm oil in the Balkans using autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL)
title_sort demand for palm oil in the balkans using autoregressive distributed lag (ardl)
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14074/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14074/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14074/1/jeko_53%281%29-12.pdf