The macroeconomic effects of oil price fluctuations on a small open oil-producing country: The case of Trinidad and Tobago

Energy Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2708-2716

  Lorde, Troy ^a   Jackman, Mahalia ^b   Thomas, Chrystol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b CENTRAL BANK OF BARBADOS   (Barbados)

Author keywords

Innovation accounting; Oil price fluctuations; Trinidad and Tobago

Indexed keywords

AUTO-REGRESSIVE; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; IMPULSE RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; MACROECONOMIC IMPACTS; MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES; OIL PRICE FLUCTUATIONS; OIL PRICE SHOCKS; OIL PRICE VOLATILITIES; PRICE LEVELS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; VARIANCE DECOMPOSITIONS;

ECONOMICS; IMPULSE RESPONSE;

COSTS;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; INNOVATION; MACROECONOMICS; OIL PRODUCTION; PRICE DYNAMICS; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 67349092048     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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