News Shocks in Open Economies: Evidence from Giant Oil Discoveries

Rabah Arezki, Valerie Ramey and Liugang Sheng

No 20857, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: This paper explores the effect of news shocks on the current account and other macroeconomic variables using worldwide giant oil discoveries as a directly observable measure of news shocks about future output–the delay between a discovery and production is on average 4 to 6 years. We first present a two-sector small open economy model in order to predict the responses of macroeconomic aggregates to news of an oil discovery. We then estimate the effects of giant oil discoveries on a large panel of countries. Our empirical estimates are consistent with the predictions of the model. After an oil discovery, the current account and saving rate decline for the first 5 years and then rise sharply during the ensuing years. Investment rises robustly soon after the news arrives, while GDP does not increase until after 5 years. Employment rates fall slightly for a sustained period of time.

JEL-codes: E00 F32 F41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-01
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Published as Rabah Arezki & Valerie Ramey & Liugang Sheng, 2015. "News Shocks in Open Economies: Evidence from Giant Oil Discoveries," IMF Working Papers, vol 15(209).
Published as Rabah Arezki & Valerie A. Ramey & Liugang Sheng, 2017. "News Shocks in Open Economies: Evidence from Giant Oil Discoveries," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Oxford University Press, vol. 132(1), pages 103-155.

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