Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/121179 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
Diskussionsbeiträge No. 2015/29
Publisher: 
Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Berlin
Abstract: 
Empirical evidence indicates that high oil price volatility has a dampening effect on output in countries that import commodities. Many countries, however, gain important revenues from commodity exports. This paper investigates the output effects of commodity price volatility in commodity exporting countries accounting for both oil and non-oil commodities. To that aim, we construct country specific commodity price indices for a sample of oil and non-oil commodity exporters. We find a significant negative impact of price volatility on real output for oil exporters. Our results for exporters of other commodities, however, suggest that the volatility effect is a peculiar feature of oil and not generalizable to a broad basket of commodities.
Subjects: 
commodity price uncertainty
commodity exporters
VAR-MGARCH-in-mean
JEL: 
C32
O13
Q43
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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