Debt and Economic Growth in an Oil Rich Economy: Evidence from Saudi Arabia

Ibrahim Muhammad Muye, Rayyan Abdulkareem Kaita and Ahmad Fahmi Sheikh Hassan
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Ibrahim Muhammad Muye: Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, 43400, Malaysia,
Rayyan Abdulkareem Kaita: Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, 43400, Malaysia
Ahmad Fahmi Sheikh Hassan: Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, 43400, Malaysia

International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, 2017, vol. 7, issue 4, 70-75

Abstract: The objective of this paper is to examine the impact of debt on economic growth in Saudi Arabia based on autoregressive distributed lags approach for the period of 1969-2013. The result indicates that variables are cointegrated and null hypothesis was rejected at the 5% significance level. The coefficients of long-run result reveal that public debt affects economic growth in a positive and statistically significant manner. Furthermore, inflation was found to also enhance economic growth in the oil rich kingdom. Despite the overwhelming evidence in the literature suggesting debt stifles growth, our study recommend that policymakers maintain the current level of debt-to- gross domestic product in the country

Keywords: Public Debt; Economic Growth; Inflation; Autoregressive Distributed Lags (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H61 H62 H63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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