Did unexpectedly strong economic growth cause the oil price shock of 2003-2008?

Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 385-394

  Kilian, Lutz ^a,b   Hicks, Bruce ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand; EIU; Forecast revisions; Global real activity; News; Oil price; Shocks

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COSTS; CRUDE OIL; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

DEMAND; DEMAND SHOCKS; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; EIU; FORECAST REVISION; GLOBAL REAL ACTIVITY; NEWS; OIL PRICE SHOCKS; OIL PRICES; SHOCK;

FORECASTING;

EID: 84877892152     PISSN: 02776693     EISSN: 1099131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/for.2243     Document Type: Article

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