Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/226269 
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Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 8567
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This paper examines the advantages and drawbacks of alternative methods of estimating oil supply and oil demand elasticities and of incorporating this information into structural VAR models. I not only summarize the state of the literature, but also draw attention to a number of econometric problems that have been overlooked in this literature. Once these problems are recognized, seemingly conflicting conclusions in the recent literature can be resolved. My analysis reaffirms the conclusion that the one-month oil supply elasticity is close to zero, which implies that oil demand shocks are the dominant driver of the real price of oil. The focus of this paper is not only on correcting some misunderstandings in the recent literature, but on the substantive and methodological insights generated by this exchange, which are of broader interest to applied researchers.
Subjects: 
oil supply elasticity
oil demand elasticity
IV estimation
structural VAR
Bayesian inference
oil price
gasoline price
JEL: 
Q43
Q41
C36
C52
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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