Publications

Productivity of the Saudi Private Sector

Nader AlKathiri

This data insight sheds light on the correlation between the productivity of the private sector and the share of Saudi workers in the private sector labor force.

AlKathiri, Nader

Economic Growth and Convergence: Implications of Energy Transition Pathways

Nader AlKathiri, Abdulelah Darandary

The 44th International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) conference was held in Riyadh, co-hosted by KAPSARC and the Saudi Association for Energy Economics (SAEE). It was the first IAEE conference in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The…

AlKathiri, Nader

Darandary, Abdulelah

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

Taylor & Francis Online

Fakhri Hasanov, Nader AlKathiri, Saad Alshahrani, Ryan Alyamani

Labour Productivity Growth and Convergence in Manufacturing: A Nonparametric Production Frontier Approach

Taylor & Francis Online

Nader AlKathiri

Toward Fiscal Stability and Sustainable Development: The Role of Sovereign Funds in Saudi Arabia

Nader AlKathiri

The study, “Optimal Policies for Managing Oil Revenue Stabilization Funds: An illustration using Saudi Arabia,” conducted by researchers from KAPSARC, was recently published in the journal Resources Policy. It developed a model that optimizes the buildup and drawdown of a stabilization fund.  It…

AlKathiri, Nader

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

Optimal Policies for Managing Oil Revenue Stabilization Funds: An Illustration Using Saudi Arabia

Science Direct

We develop an analytical approach that offers insights into how governments can better manage an oil-revenue stabilization fund. The model maximizes the expected intertemporal utility of households and consists of decisions that are a function of the fund level and…

Nader AlKathiri, Tarek Atalla, Frederic Murphy, Axel Pierru

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

Restructuring Saudi Arabia’s Power Generation Sector: Model-Based Insights

Bertrand Rioux, Axel Pierru, Nader AlKathiri

Saudi Arabia plans to reform and privatize its power generation sector as part of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030. To provide analytical insights, we developed a model that simulates the restructuring of the electricity market, along with reforming fuel prices to…

Rioux, Bertrand

Pierru, Axel

AlKathiri, Nader

Managing Oil Revenue Stabilization Funds: A Framework for Developing Policies

Nader AlKathiri, Frederic Murphy, Axel Pierru

Oil revenue stabilization funds provide short-run protection against oil revenue fluctuations – in the way that Saudi government deposits and reserve at the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) have historically served as a buffer to decouple government budget from oil…

AlKathiri, Nader

Murphy, Frederic

Pierru, Axel

Asian premium or North Atlantic discount: Does geographical diversification in oil trade always impose costs?

Energy Economics

We develop a Global Oil Trade Model (GOTM) to examine the ability of large crude oil exporters or importers to influence inter-regional price differentials by allocating their sales or purchases respectively among different crude oil consuming or producing regions. The…

Nader AlKathiri, Tilak Doshi, Frederic Murphy, Yazeed Al Rashed

Energy Relations and Policy Making in Asia

Ziyad Alfawzan, Sadeem Alhosain, Nader AlKathiri, Shahad Alarenan, Brian Efird

Trade between the economies of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and North East Asia (NEA) reached $471 billion in 2013, based almost entirely on oil and gas. The GCC sends 44 percent of its exports to NEA, which depends on…

Alfawzan, Ziyad

Alhosain, Sadeem

AlKathiri, Nader

Alarenan, Shahad

Efird, Brian

GCC-NEA oil trade: Competition in asian oil markets and the Russian ‘Pivot’ east

Nader AlKathiri, Tilak Doshi, Ziyad Alfawzan, Sammy Six, Vitaly Yermakov, Shahad Alarenan, Yazeed Al Rashed

KAPSARC: The purpose of this paper is to assess Middle East crude oil exporter strategies to maintain or expand market share in Asian oil demand. It also analyses the impact of changing global crude oil flows on key oil exporters’…

AlKathiri, Nader

Doshi, Tilak

Alfawzan, Ziyad

Six, Sammy

Yermakov, Vitaly

Alarenan, Shahad

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Al Rashed, Yazeed

Asian Premium or North Atlantic Discount: Does Geographical Diversification in Oil Trade Always Impose Costs?

Shahad Alarenan, Frederic Murphy, Ziyad Alfawzan, Nader AlKathiri

It is popularly believed that importers of oil diversify their suppliers to achieve security of supply and that exporters diversify their customer base to achieve security of demand. However, this diversification comes at a cost, compared with buying from or…

Alarenan, Shahad

Murphy, Frederic

Alfawzan, Ziyad

AlKathiri, Nader