Relationship between oil prices, interest rate, and unemployment: Evidence from an emerging market

Energy Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1523-1528

  Doǧrul, H Günsel ^a,b   Soytas, Ugur ^b  

^a DUMLUPINAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Oil price; Real interest rate; Unemployment rate

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; EMERGING MARKETS; INTEREST RATES; LABOR SUPPLY; OIL PRICE CHANGES; OIL PRICES; REAL INTEREST; TODA-YAMAMOTO; UNEMPLOYMENT RATES;

COSTS; CRUDE OIL; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; GAS INDUSTRY;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

CAPITAL; CRUDE OIL; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; EMPLOYMENT; ENERGY MARKET; INTEREST RATE; PRICE DYNAMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

TURKEY;

EID: 78149416194     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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