Models, Data and Tools Decoding the Behavioral Patterns in Saudi Arabia from GASTAT’s Five-Year Household Energy Statistics Survey Abdulelah Darandary, Fateh Belaïd This commentary presents the findings of the annual Energy Statistics Survey by the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT), an ongoing initiative since 2017 that is now in its fifth iteration, which covers 2022. The survey encompasses hundreds of responses from… Darandary, Abdulelah Belaïd, Fateh
Models, Data and Tools Saudi Arabia’s Revealed Comparative Advantage in Non-Oil Exports Muhammad Javid, Abdulelah Darandary The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) is based on Ricardian trade theory, which postulates that trade flows between countries are determined by their relative productivity differences. The RCA index provides a general indication and a first approximation of a country’s competitive… Javid, Muhammad Darandary, Abdulelah
Models, Data and Tools The Asymmetric Effects of Oil Prices on the Nonoil Trade Balance: The Case of Saudi Arabia Majed Almozaini, Fakhri Hasanov Oil prices play a pivotal role in the economies of oil-exporting countries, especially those in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Almozaini, Majed Hasanov, Fakhri
Models, Data and Tools Extended KGEMM’s Emission Block With Carbon Pricing Fakhri Hasanov, Heyran Aliyeva, Majed Almozaini, Carlo Andrea Bollino This methodological work develops a representation of carbon pricing through the KAPSARC Global Energy Macroeconometric Model (KGEMM). This representation makes two principal contributions in terms of model capabilities: establishing a feedback link from the emissions block to the energy block… Hasanov, Fakhri Heyran Aliyeva Almozaini, Majed Bollino, Carlo Andrea
