Role of Structural Shocks on Fluctuations of Crude Oil Prices

Sara Azimi (), Abdolsadeh Neisy () and Teymour Mohammadi ()
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Sara Azimi: PhD. Candidate in Oil and Gas Economics, Allameh Tabataba'i University
Abdolsadeh Neisy: Associate Professor of Mathematics, Allameh Tabataba'i University
Teymour Mohammadi: Associate Professor of Economics, Allameh Tabataba'i University

Quarterly Journal of Applied Theories of Economics, 2019, vol. 6, issue 1, 241-264

Abstract: The drastic oil price fluctuations in recent years have made researchers and policymakers curious about the role of each structural shock in the Variability of crude oil prices. In this study, fluctuations of WTI & ORB prices are analyzed in the form of a structural vector auto regression model (SVAR) over the period from 2006 to 2018. Based on historical decomposition of WIT price, fluctuations of crude oil price in 2008 are mainly due to a combination of structural shocks, in which oil demand shocks play a significant role in the sharp fall of oil prices since the second half of 2008 Onwards. While the reason for the fall in WIT crude oil price in the second half of 2014 was largely due to supply shocks and oil inventory demand shocks. During this period, contango has accelerated the accumulation of crude oil commercial stocks and has intensified the oil price fall

Keywords: Oil price fluctuations; Structural shocks; Fundamental shocks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E31 E32 Q43 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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