The Asymmetric Effects of Oil Shocks on an Oil-exporting Economy

Omar Eduardo Mendoza & David Vera

Latin American Journal of Economics2010https://doi.org/10.4067/s0717-68212010000100001article
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We estimate the effects of unexpected changes in oil prices on output for the case of Venezuela, an oil-exporting economy. Following Hamilton (2003), Our results suggest that oil shocks have had positive and significant effects on output growth in Venezuela during the period 1984:1-2008:3. In line with previous findings for other countries, our results suggest that the Venezuelan economy is more responsive to increases in oil prices than to unexpected decreases. Our results are robust to an alternative measure of oil price shocks derived by using

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@article{omar2010,
  title        = {{The Asymmetric Effects of Oil Shocks on an Oil-exporting Economy}},
  author       = {Omar Eduardo Mendoza & David Vera},
  journal      = {Latin American Journal of Economics},
  year         = {2010},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.4067/s0717-68212010000100001},
}

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