Oil revenue shocks and government spending behavior in Iran

Energy Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1055-1069

  Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Government expenditures; Impulse response; Iran; Oil shock; Sanctions; VAR model

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE; IRAN; OIL SHOCK; SANCTIONS; VAR MODEL;

ENERGY RESOURCES; IMPULSE RESPONSE; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS;

ECONOMICS;

ENERGY MARKET; EXPORT; OIL INDUSTRY; OIL PRODUCTION; OIL TRADE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PUBLIC SPENDING; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

IRAN;

EID: 80755189992     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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