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The Impact of Oil Price Volatility on the Future of the U.S. Economy

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  • Roy Boyd
  • K. Doroodian
  • Dennis Thornton

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This paper examines the impact of a foreign oil price shock on domestic energy markets as well as the U.S. economy as a whole. The analytical approach employed in the analysis consisted of a dynamic CGE model composed of eight production sectors, eight consumption sectors, three household categories classified by income, foreign sector, and the government. The results show that oil price shocks will have, as expected, a significantly positive effect on crude oil production. We also find that such price shocks negatively affect the refinery sector as input costs rise there. A decline in per-well productivity has the effect of dampening the rise in crude oil extraction and causing a further decline in refinery output. Economy-wide, the impact of a new series of oil price shocks is quite limited with overall welfare falling, but nowhere near the levels experienced in the 1970s and early 1980s.

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  • Roy Boyd & K. Doroodian & Dennis Thornton, 2000. "The Impact of Oil Price Volatility on the Future of the U.S. Economy," Energy & Environment, , vol. 11(1), pages 25-48, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:engenv:v:11:y:2000:i:1:p:25-48
    DOI: 10.1260/0958305001499890
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