Asymmetric effect of oil price changes on trade balance in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates

The fluctuations in oil price have vital importance for their presumed role in the trade balance. Our study investigates the oil price fluctuation effect on the trade balance for period 1980-2017. We employ linear and nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag models simultaneously and find the hetero...

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Main Authors: Muhammad, Faheem, Mohamed, Azali, Lee, Chin, Mazlan, Nur Syazwani
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Language:English
Published: Johar Education Society Pakistan 2020
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/87983/
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author Muhammad, Faheem
Mohamed, Azali
Lee, Chin
Mazlan, Nur Syazwani
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Mohamed, Azali
Lee, Chin
Mazlan, Nur Syazwani
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description The fluctuations in oil price have vital importance for their presumed role in the trade balance. Our study investigates the oil price fluctuation effect on the trade balance for period 1980-2017. We employ linear and nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag models simultaneously and find the heterogeneous response of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates to oil price fluctuations. The nonlinear ARDL results indicate oil price affects trade balance asymmetrically. We also analyze the moderating effect of real effective exchange rate on the oil-trade balance relationship that found an adverse impact in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait while the positive impact in case of United Arab Emirates trade balance. The oil price marginal effect evaluated at the minimum level of the real effective exchange rate is positive in Kuwait and negative in Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. It also shows positive at the maximum level of the real effective exchange rate in Kuwait and United Arab Emirates while negative in the case of Saudi Arabia that varies at different levels of exchange rate. The findings of the study give policy recommendation related to positive and negative changes of oil price that appear to have a valuable impact on economic decisions.
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spelling upm-879832022-05-24T07:55:06Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/87983/ Asymmetric effect of oil price changes on trade balance in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates Muhammad, Faheem Mohamed, Azali Lee, Chin Mazlan, Nur Syazwani The fluctuations in oil price have vital importance for their presumed role in the trade balance. Our study investigates the oil price fluctuation effect on the trade balance for period 1980-2017. We employ linear and nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag models simultaneously and find the heterogeneous response of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates to oil price fluctuations. The nonlinear ARDL results indicate oil price affects trade balance asymmetrically. We also analyze the moderating effect of real effective exchange rate on the oil-trade balance relationship that found an adverse impact in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait while the positive impact in case of United Arab Emirates trade balance. The oil price marginal effect evaluated at the minimum level of the real effective exchange rate is positive in Kuwait and negative in Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. It also shows positive at the maximum level of the real effective exchange rate in Kuwait and United Arab Emirates while negative in the case of Saudi Arabia that varies at different levels of exchange rate. The findings of the study give policy recommendation related to positive and negative changes of oil price that appear to have a valuable impact on economic decisions. Johar Education Society Pakistan 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/87983/1/Asymmetric%20effect%20of%20oil%20price%20changes%20on%20trade%20balance%20in%20Saudi%20Arabia%2C%20Kuwait%20and%20United%20Arab%20Emirates.pdf Muhammad, Faheem and Mohamed, Azali and Lee, Chin and Mazlan, Nur Syazwani (2020) Asymmetric effect of oil price changes on trade balance in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates. Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Science, 14 (3). pp. 685-714. ISSN 1997-8553; ESSN: 2309-8619 https://www.econstor.eu/
spellingShingle Muhammad, Faheem
Mohamed, Azali
Lee, Chin
Mazlan, Nur Syazwani
Asymmetric effect of oil price changes on trade balance in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates
title Asymmetric effect of oil price changes on trade balance in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates
title_full Asymmetric effect of oil price changes on trade balance in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates
title_fullStr Asymmetric effect of oil price changes on trade balance in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates
title_full_unstemmed Asymmetric effect of oil price changes on trade balance in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates
title_short Asymmetric effect of oil price changes on trade balance in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates
title_sort asymmetric effect of oil price changes on trade balance in saudi arabia, kuwait and united arab emirates
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