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Stabilizing Taiwan’s economy: The role of energy pricing policy versus monetary policy

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  • Wu, Yi-Hua
  • Fang, Liang-Jyi

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This study investigates the relative importance of Taiwan’s energy pricing policy and its monetary policy for stabilizing output growth and inflation. Using a small open economy vector autoregressive (VAR) model with data from 1981Q1 to 2008Q4 (to avoid the zero-interest-rate period), variance decompositions reveal that the electricity price shock and the fuel price shock have a greater impact on Taiwan’s output growth and inflation than the monetary shock. In addition, counterfactual simulations show that the energy pricing policy surpasses the monetary policy in ensuring economic stability. Despite criticism for encouraging excessive energy use, the low energy price policy buffers the domestic economy from volatility in global energy markets. Our findings highlight the crucial role of Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs in strengthening economic stability through energy price regulation.

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  • Wu, Yi-Hua & Fang, Liang-Jyi, 2025. "Stabilizing Taiwan’s economy: The role of energy pricing policy versus monetary policy," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 323(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:323:y:2025:i:c:s036054422501196x
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2025.135554
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    Keywords

    Energy pricing policy; Monetary policy; Economic stability; VAR; Taiwan;
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    JEL classification:

    • E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • E64 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Incomes Policy; Price Policy

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