The Impact of International Oil Price on Electricity Consumption and Output: A Case of Manufacturing Sector in Malaysia

This paper investigates the impact of international oil price on output and electricity consumption in the manufacturing sector in Malaysia. Wefound that electricity consumption, output and the international oil price are cointegrated in the long run. The relationship between electricity consumption...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Husainia, Dzul Hadzwan, Hooi, Hooi Lean
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: School of Social Sciences, USM 2014
Subjects:
Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17920/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17920/1/Proceedings%20of%20International%20Conference%20on%20Contemporary%20Economic%20Issues%202014%20%28abstract%29.pdf
_version_ 1848838397085351936
author Husainia, Dzul Hadzwan
Hooi, Hooi Lean
author_facet Husainia, Dzul Hadzwan
Hooi, Hooi Lean
author_sort Husainia, Dzul Hadzwan
building UNIMAS Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description This paper investigates the impact of international oil price on output and electricity consumption in the manufacturing sector in Malaysia. Wefound that electricity consumption, output and the international oil price are cointegrated in the long run. The relationship between electricity consumption and output is significantly positive. In the long run, we found a unidirectional causality runs from output to electricity consumption. This result indicates that the development of manufacturing sector stimulates greater demand for electricity. Government needs to make sure that the future planning of electricity supply is in line with the economic development planning to avoid shortage in electricity supply. Focusing more on industrial development policy to promote growth in manufacturing sector is recommended since energy conservation is expected not to give an adverse impact to the output growth. In the short run, there are two unidirectional relationships exist, 1)from the international oil price to electricity consumption,and 2) from international oil price to manufacturing output. A shock in international oil price might affect both electricity consumption and output growth in the short run only.
first_indexed 2025-11-15T06:54:54Z
format Article
id unimas-17920
institution Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
institution_category Local University
language English
last_indexed 2025-11-15T06:54:54Z
publishDate 2014
publisher School of Social Sciences, USM
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling unimas-179202017-10-04T01:12:19Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17920/ The Impact of International Oil Price on Electricity Consumption and Output: A Case of Manufacturing Sector in Malaysia Husainia, Dzul Hadzwan Hooi, Hooi Lean H Social Sciences (General) This paper investigates the impact of international oil price on output and electricity consumption in the manufacturing sector in Malaysia. Wefound that electricity consumption, output and the international oil price are cointegrated in the long run. The relationship between electricity consumption and output is significantly positive. In the long run, we found a unidirectional causality runs from output to electricity consumption. This result indicates that the development of manufacturing sector stimulates greater demand for electricity. Government needs to make sure that the future planning of electricity supply is in line with the economic development planning to avoid shortage in electricity supply. Focusing more on industrial development policy to promote growth in manufacturing sector is recommended since energy conservation is expected not to give an adverse impact to the output growth. In the short run, there are two unidirectional relationships exist, 1)from the international oil price to electricity consumption,and 2) from international oil price to manufacturing output. A shock in international oil price might affect both electricity consumption and output growth in the short run only. School of Social Sciences, USM 2014 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17920/1/Proceedings%20of%20International%20Conference%20on%20Contemporary%20Economic%20Issues%202014%20%28abstract%29.pdf Husainia, Dzul Hadzwan and Hooi, Hooi Lean (2014) The Impact of International Oil Price on Electricity Consumption and Output: A Case of Manufacturing Sector in Malaysia. International Conference on Contemporary Economic Issues 2014 : Stimulating Economic Growth, Improving Quality of Life & Enhancing Youth Involvement. pp. 47-53. ISSN ISBN 978-967-394-206-0
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
Husainia, Dzul Hadzwan
Hooi, Hooi Lean
The Impact of International Oil Price on Electricity Consumption and Output: A Case of Manufacturing Sector in Malaysia
title The Impact of International Oil Price on Electricity Consumption and Output: A Case of Manufacturing Sector in Malaysia
title_full The Impact of International Oil Price on Electricity Consumption and Output: A Case of Manufacturing Sector in Malaysia
title_fullStr The Impact of International Oil Price on Electricity Consumption and Output: A Case of Manufacturing Sector in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed The Impact of International Oil Price on Electricity Consumption and Output: A Case of Manufacturing Sector in Malaysia
title_short The Impact of International Oil Price on Electricity Consumption and Output: A Case of Manufacturing Sector in Malaysia
title_sort impact of international oil price on electricity consumption and output: a case of manufacturing sector in malaysia
topic H Social Sciences (General)
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17920/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17920/1/Proceedings%20of%20International%20Conference%20on%20Contemporary%20Economic%20Issues%202014%20%28abstract%29.pdf