Crude oil pricing and statecraft: Surprising lessons from US economic sanctions |
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| Affiliation: | 1. University of Leicester, School of Business, Economics, Finance and Accounting Division, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK;2. Alfaisal University, College of Business, Alzahrawi Street, Almathar, Riyadh 11533, Saudi Arabia;1. Department of Mathematics and School of Economics and Management, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy;2. Department of Economics, Society and Politics, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy;3. Department of Economics, University of Bamberg, Germany;1. School of Finance, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China;2. School of Management and Engineering, Nanjing University, Institute of Financial Innovation, Nanjing 210093, China;1. Department of Accountancy and Finance at University of Antwerp, Stadscampus Prinsstraat 13 S.B.329, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium;2. College of Business, University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA;3. School of Accounting and Finance, University of Vaasa, Wolffintie 34, 65200 Vaasa, Finland;4. Department of Data Science, Economics and Finance at EDHEC Business School, 24 avenue Gustave Delory, 59057 Roubaix Cedex 1, France |
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| Abstract: | This study investigates the effects of US sanctions on crude oil prices, and estimates the associated losses or gains accrued to US output due to economic coercion. Using a sample of US sanctions imposed between 1987 and 2016, we find that oil prices exhibit a significant abnormal adjustment in magnitude. We show that the nature of the change is decided by the target country's status either as a net importer or exporter of oil. Our findings further reveal that while the abnormal rise in oil prices, associated with sanctions on net exporters, inflict losses on US output, coercive measures on net importers give rise to economic gains due to significant decline in oil valuations. Such externalities do not appear to be considered when designing and deploying measures of economic coercion. (JEL Q41, Q43, Q48). |
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