Publications

Modeling the Determinants of Electrical Vehicles Adoption: A Saudi Perspective

Science Direct

Ryan Alyamani

The Role of Financial Development in Private Sector Growth in Saudi Arabia

Fakhri Hasanov, Abdulelah Darandary, Ryan Alyamani

Saudi Vision 2030 (SV2030), the masterplan for the socioeconomic development of the Kingdom, places considerable emphasis on the development of the private sector in the diversification of the economy. This plan aims to have the private sector account for 65%…

Hasanov, Fakhri

Darandary, Abdulelah

Alyamani, Ryan

Modeling the Determinants of Electric Vehicle Adoption: A Saudi Perspective

Ryan Alyamani, Dimitris Pappelis, Maria Kamargianni

This study aims to contribute to the literature by shedding light on consumers’ acceptance of electric vehicles (EVs) in Riyadh and their potential response to adoption incentives. A stated preference experiment (SPE) was developed and then incorporated into an online…

Alyamani, Ryan

Dimitris Pappelis

Maria Kamargianni

Modeling and forecasting industrial electricity demand for Saudi Arabia: Uncovering regional characteristics

Science Direct

Jeyhun Mikayilov, Ryan Alyamani, Abdulelah Darandary, Muhammad Javid, Fakhri Hasanov

The Surge in Riyadh’s Population: Electricity Demand Implications

Jeyhun Mikayilov, Ryan Alyamani

The city of Riyadh, the capital and most populous city of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is undergoing a makeover to become a global metropolis. Saudi Vision 2030 announced a wide range of projects in the city, placing it on…

Mikayilov, Jeyhun

Alyamani, Ryan

Macroeconomic and Sectoral Effects of the Natural Gas Price: Policy Insights from a Macroeconometric Model

Fakhri Hasanov, Muhammad Javid, Jeyhun Mikayilov, Rami Shabaneh, Abdulelah Darandary, Ryan Alyamani

Macroeconomic and sectoral assessment of the energy price reform (EPR) can provide policymakers with useful insights regarding price deregulation options. A key feature of this research that differentiates it from many other studies is its modeling framework. The framework first…

Hasanov, Fakhri

Javid, Muhammad

Mikayilov, Jeyhun

Shabaneh, Rami

Darandary, Abdulelah

Alyamani, Ryan

The impact of fiscal policy on non-oil GDP in Saudi Arabia

Taylor & Francis Online

Fakhri Hasanov, Nader AlKathiri, Saad Alshahrani, Ryan Alyamani

Modeling and Forecasting Industrial Electricity Demand for Saudi Arabia: Uncovering Regional Characteristics

Jeyhun Mikayilov, Ryan Alyamani, Abdulelah Darandary, Muhammad Javid, Fakhri Hasanov, Saleh T. AlTurki, Rey B. Arnaiz

The objective of this study is to investigate Saudi Arabia’s industrial electricity consumption at the regional level. We apply structural time series modeling to annual data over the period of 1990 to 2019. In addition to estimating the size and…

Mikayilov, Jeyhun

Alyamani, Ryan

Darandary, Abdulelah

Javid, Muhammad

Hasanov, Fakhri

Saleh T. AlTurki

Rey B. Arnaiz

Regional Heterogeneous Drivers of Electricity Demand in Saudi Arabia: Modeling Regional Residential Electricity Demand

Science Direct

Jeyhun Mikayilov, Ryan Alyamani, Abdulelah Darandary, Hatem Al Atawi

Regional Heterogeneous Drivers of Electricity Demand in Saudi Arabia

Jeyhun Mikayilov, Abdulelah Darandary, Ryan Alyamani, Fakhri Hasanov, Hatem Al Atawi

Aggregate residential electricity consumption in Saudi Arabia has increased rapidly over the past several decades, largely due to population increases and fast economic growth (SAMA 2019). The growth in electricity consumption has been driven, among other factors, by government-administered prices…

Mikayilov, Jeyhun

Darandary, Abdulelah

Alyamani, Ryan

Hasanov, Fakhri

Al Atawi, Hatem

Per Capita Regional Electricity Consumption in the Saudi Housing Sector

Mohammad Aldubyan, Ryan Alyamani

Aggregate residential electricity consumption data for Saudi Arabia conceals regional disparities. Although electricity prices are unified across the country, electricity consumption patterns can be driven by regional factors such as wealth, population size, and weather conditions, among others.

Aldubyan, Mohammad

Alyamani, Ryan

Regional Heterogeneous Drivers of Electricity Demand in Saudi Arabia: Modeling Regional Residential Electricity Demand

Science Direct

Jeyhun Mikayilov, Abdulelah Darandary, Ryan Alyamani, Fakhri Hasanov, Hatem Al Atawi

The Fiscal Response to COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia

Nader AlKathiri, Abdulelah Darandary, Ryan Alyamani

The COVID-19 pandemic and the efforts to combat it have led to major global disruptions. Policymakers are faced with a dilemma that is not easily resolved. On the one hand, they are striving to protect public health by containing the…

AlKathiri, Nader

Darandary, Abdulelah

Alyamani, Ryan

The Impact of Fiscal Policy on Non-Oil GDP in Saudi Arabia

Fakhri Hasanov, Nader AlKathiri, Saad Alshahrani, Ryan Alyamani

A clear objective of Saudi Vision 2030, the strategic roadmap for the future of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is to put the non-oil sector at the heart of the country’s economic development. The vision realization programs (VRPs), such as…

Hasanov, Fakhri

AlKathiri, Nader

Alshahrani, Saad

Alyamani, Ryan

Saudi Arabia’s Residential Solar Energy Use and Prospects

Sadeem Alhosain, Ryan Alyamani

In an effort to diversify the energy mix of Saudi Arabia’s residential sector, the Electricity and Cogeneration Regularity Authority introduced regulations in August 2017, allowing households to use solar energy to generate their own electricity.

Alhosain, Sadeem

Alyamani, Ryan

Carbon Price Policies and International Competitiveness in G20 Countries

T20

A major challenge in implementing carbon pricing policies is to account for their economic outcomes. Notably, competitiveness is the key economic performance indicator to be considered. Extant theory mainly emphasizes the negative effect of carbon pricing on competitiveness; however, there…

Fakhri Hasanov, Jeyhun Mikayilov, Ryan Alyamani, Brantley Liddle, Abdulelah Darandary, Nicholas Apergis, Ceyhun Mahmudlu

The Impact of Fiscal Policy on Non-Oil GDP in Saudi Arabia

Fakhri Hasanov, Nader AlKathiri, Saad Alshahrani, Ryan Alyamani

Saudi Vision 2030 (SV2030), the strategic roadmap for the future of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, aims to decouple the country’s economy from its reliance on oil revenues through implementing several economic and social initiatives. The key economic goals of…

Hasanov, Fakhri

AlKathiri, Nader

Alshahrani, Saad

Alyamani, Ryan

Residential Electricity Price Reforms: Are Different Income Groups and Regions Impacted Equally?

Ryan Alyamani, Abdulelah Darandary, Jeyhun Mikayilov, Fakhri Hasanov

The government of Saudi Arabia has successfully reduced the country’s energy intensity, helped by its establishment of the Saudi Energy Efficiency Center (SEEC) and a series of energy price reforms (EPR) that began in 2016. However, how households have responded…

Alyamani, Ryan

Darandary, Abdulelah

Mikayilov, Jeyhun

Hasanov, Fakhri