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dc.contributor.advisorEl-Hodiri, Mohamed
dc.contributor.authorAlkahtani, Kablan Jadia
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-05T15:40:08Z
dc.date.available2014-02-05T15:40:08Z
dc.date.issued2013-12-31
dc.date.submitted2013
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/ku:13200
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/12942
dc.description.abstractThe fiscal policy has been studied extensively, but only as a one shot deal and with emphasis on developed economies. The study of fiscal policy as a trajectory and of its consequences, also, as trajectory has been pioneered by Blanchard and Perotti (2002). This study applies the Blanchard-Perotti concept to Saudi Arabian economy. We used structural vector autoregression (SVAR) technique. The results show that government spending shocks have positive effects on GDP and private consumption, but they have negative effects on private investment (i.e., crowding out), exports and imports, while net tax revenue has a negative effect on GDP. When we extended the model by including inflation and interest rates, we obtained similar results. The government spending shocks are found to have positive effects on inflation and interest rates. As a check on our methodology, similar analyses are performed on Indonesia, Malaysia, and Norway and we found that they validate our findings.
dc.format.extent165 pages
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Kansas
dc.rightsThis item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author.
dc.subjectEconomics
dc.subjectFiscal multiplier
dc.subjectFiscal policy
dc.subjectGrowth
dc.subjectSaudi arabia
dc.titleThe Effects of the Fiscal Policy on Economic Activity in Saudi Arabia: An Empirical Analysis
dc.typeDissertation
dc.contributor.cmtememberAsiedu, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.cmtememberBhattacharyya, Gautam
dc.contributor.cmtememberZhang, Jianbo
dc.contributor.cmtememberBrinton, Jacquelene
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplineEconomics
dc.thesis.degreeLevelPh.D.
kusw.oastatusna
kusw.oapolicyThis item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria.
kusw.bibid8086395
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