Exogenous Oil Supply Shocks: How Big Are They and How Much Do They Matter for the U.S. Economy?

Lutz Kilian

The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2008, vol. 90, issue 2, 216-240

Abstract: The paper proposes a new measure of exogenous oil supply shocks. The timing, the magnitude, and the sign of this measure may differ greatly from current state-of-the-art estimates. It is shown that only a small fraction of the observed oil price increases during oil crisis periods can be attributed to exogenous oil production disruptions. Exogenous oil supply shocks cause a sharp drop of U.S. real GDP growth after five quarters rather than an immediate and sustained reduction in economic growth and a spike in CPI inflation after three quarters. Overall, exogenous oil supply shocks made remarkably little difference for the evolution of the U.S. economy since the 1970s, although they did matter for some historical episodes. Copyright by the President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Date: 2008
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