Macroeconomic Effects of Oil Price Shocks in the Context of Geopolitical Events: Evidence from Selected European Countries
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Country Characteristics
3. Research Methodology and Data Description
3.1. Theoretical Framework
3.2. Analytical Framework
3.3. Data and Preliminary Analysis
4. Findings and Discussion
4.1. Pattern of Causality Between GDP Growth and Oil Price Changes
4.2. Orthogonalized Impulse Response Functions
4.3. Robustness Check
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
ADF | Augmented Dickey–Fuller test |
CPI | Consumer price index |
CENSUS X13 | U.S. Census Bureau’s X-13ARIMA-SEATS seasonal adjustment program |
ARIMA-SEATS | AutoRegressive Integrated Moving Average-Signal Extraction in ARIMA Time Series |
EU | European Union |
ExR | Exchange rate |
FRED | Federal Reserve Economic Data |
GDP | Gross domestic product |
GPFG | Government Pension Fund Global |
IRs | Short-run interest rates |
LR | Likelihood ratio test |
LLVAR | Log likelihood from the VAR model |
LLSVAR | Log likelihood from the restricted SVAR model |
OIL | Brent oil prices |
SHARE | Oil share |
SVAR | Structural Vector Autoregressive |
VAR | Vector Auto Regression |
Appendix A. Supporting Information
Appendix B. Supplementary Results
Norway | Germany | Poland | ||||
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Levels | Differences | Levels | Differences | Levels | Differences | |
GDP | −3.312 (c + t) | −12.587 (c) *** | −3.035 (c + t) | −12.44 (c) *** | −1.173 (c) | −14.08 (c) *** |
CPI # | 0.286 (c + t) | −10.75 (c) *** | −3.439 (c + t) | −3.171 (c) ** | −1.273 (c + t) | −3.079 (c + t) |
ExR | −1.51 (c + t) | −10.81 (c) *** | −2.004 (c + t) | −10.79 (c) *** | −2.566 (c + t) | −11.04 (c) *** |
IR_sr | −2.275 (c + t) | −5.526 (c) *** | −2.799 (c + t) | −5.147 (c) *** | −3.095 (c + t) | −6.707 (c) *** |
OIL | −2.381 (c + t) | −8.876 (c) *** | −2.381 (c + t) | −8.876 (c) *** | −2.381 (c + t) | −8.876 (c) *** |
NORWAY | Pre-2020 | |||||
ΔGDP | ΔCPI | ΔExR | ΔIR_sr | ΔOIL+ | ΔOIL- | |
ΔGDP | - | 0.2422 | 0.6905 | 0.6954 | 0.4523 | 0.0788 |
ΔCPI | 0.5998 | - | 0.0369 ** | 0.0094 *** | 0.0137 ** | 0.3301 |
ΔExR | 0.0185 ** | 0.3185 | - | 0.6664 | 0.0868 | 0.5772 |
ΔIR_sr | 0.0038 *** | 0.0009 *** | 0.5784 | - | 0.4863 | 0.0000 *** |
ΔOIL+ | 0.9157 | 0.0365 ** | 0.0712 | 0.0000 *** | - | 0.0041 *** |
ΔOIL- | 0.8317 | 0.0511 | 0.6535 | 0.4622 | 0.2614 | - |
Whole sample | ||||||
ΔGDP | - | 0.0013 *** | 0.1574 | 0.4111 | 0.0195 ** | 0.0629 |
ΔCPI | 0.4267 | - | 0.5111 | 0.0971 | 0.0446 ** | 0.0390 ** |
ΔExR | 0.0135 ** | 0.0282 ** | - | 0.0168 | 0.0202 ** | 0.0296 ** |
ΔIR_sr | 0.2144 | 0.0488 ** | 0.0700 | - | 0.3469 | 0.0659 |
ΔOIL+ | 0.2217 | 0.3680 | 0.0022 *** | 0.5466 | - | 0.0762 |
ΔOIL- | 0.6043 | 0.2241 | 0.1160 | 0.5651 | 0.4974 | - |
GERMANY | Pre-2020 | |||||
ΔGDP | ΔCPI | ΔExR | ΔIR_sr | ΔOIL+ | ΔOIL- | |
ΔGDP | - | 0.0708 | 0.2402 | 0.5999 | 0.3011 | 0.0019 *** |
ΔCPI | 0.9001 | - | 0.3872 | 0.9214 | 0.8245 | 0.4443 |
ΔExR | 0.6290 | 0.8137 | - | 0.8023 | 0.3671 | 0.1821 |
ΔIR_sr | 0.0085 *** | 0.4785 | 0.4508 | - | 0.0176 ** | 0.0004 *** |
ΔOIL+ | 0.7426 | 0.5188 | 0.2693 | 0.4403 | - | 0.4608 |
ΔOIL- | 0.0134 ** | 0.3698 | 0.0061 *** | 0.4097 | 0.3574 | - |
Whole sample | ||||||
ΔGDP | -- | 0.1535 | 0.2902 | 0.9433 | 0.7778 | 0.0007 *** |
ΔCPI | 0.0063 *** | - | 0.2639 | 0.1986 | 0.1084 | 0.3589 |
ΔExR | 0.7418 | 0.6203 | - | 0.7398 | 0.0687 | 0.1298 |
ΔIR_sr | 0.2057 | 0.0020 *** | 0.2383 | - | 0.0461 ** | 0.0008 *** |
ΔOIL+ | 0.0099 *** | 0.7237 | 0.2670 | 0.1764 | -- | 0.2881 |
ΔOIL- | 0.0000 *** | 0.0109 ** | 0.1509 | 0.0039 *** | 0.6837 | - |
POLAND | Pre-2020 | |||||
ΔGDP | ΔCPI | ΔExR | ΔIR_sr | ΔOIL+ | ΔOIL- | |
ΔGDP | - | 0.6461 | 0.7291 | 0.0015 *** | 0.6854 | 0.9917 |
ΔCPI | 0.7030 | - | 0.1262 | 0.5859 | 0.9037 | 0.9463 |
ΔExR | 0.8022 | 0.0431 ** | - | 0.3620 | 0.1610 | 0.1043 |
ΔIR_sr | 0.0336 ** | 0.1698 | 0.0119 ** | - | 0.0610 | 0.0074 *** |
ΔOIL+ | 0.0914 | 0.5510 | 0.5074 | 0.1893 | - | 0.6503 |
ΔOIL- | 0.0378 ** | 0.8552 | 0.8950 | 0.9255 | 0.9062 | - |
Whole sample | ||||||
ΔGDP | - | 0.0343 ** | 0.1176 | 0.0000 *** | 0.0006 *** | 0.3135 |
ΔCPI | 0.1209 | - | 0.0243 ** | 0.0113 ** | 0.9582 | 0.9013 |
ΔExR | 0.4469 | 0.3642 | - | 0.4937 | 0.0713 | 0.0616 |
ΔIR_sr | 0.2587 | 0.8194 | 0.0477 ** | - | 0.3316 | 0.0311 ** |
ΔOIL+ | 0.0080 *** | 0.4859 | 0.2966 | 0.1391 | - | 0.8977 |
ΔOIL- | 0.0847 | 0.7095 | 0.4213 | 0.8095 | 0.7971 | - |
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Variable | Proxy Variables | Description |
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Crude oil prices [OIL] | Brent crude oil spot prices | Oil prices expressed in US dollars per barrel |
Gross domestic product [GDP] | GDP per capita in Norway, Germany, and Poland | The GDP per capita in U.S. dollars is used to calculate growth rates |
Consumer price index [CPI] | CPI in Norway, Germany, and Poland | Index (2015 = 100) |
Exchange rates [ExR] | ExR in Norway, Germany, and Poland | Exchange rates are expressed in local currency units (EUR/USD—Germany, PLN/USD—Poland, NOK/USD—Norway) |
Interest rates [IRs] | IRs in Norway, Germany, and Poland | Short-term interest rates expressed in % |
Oil Exporting Norway | Cause | |||
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Pre-2020 | Whole Sample | |||
ΔOIL+ | ΔOIL- | ΔOIL+ | ΔOIL- | |
ΔGDP | 0.452 | 0.0788 | 0.0195 ** | 0.0629 |
ΔCPI | 0.0137 | 0.3301 | 0.0446 ** | 0.039 ** |
ΔExR | 0.0868 | 0.5772 | 0.0202 ** | 0.0296 ** |
ΔIR_sr | 0.486 | 0.0000 *** | 0.346 | 0.0659 |
Oil Importing Germany | Cause | |||
Pre-2020 | Whole Sample | |||
ΔOIL+ | ΔOIL- | ΔOIL+ | ΔOIL- | |
ΔGDP | 0.301 | 0.002 *** | 0.778 | 0.001 *** |
ΔCPI | 0.8245 | 0.444 | 0.108 | 0.359 |
ΔExR | 0.367 | 0.182 | 0.069 | 0.1298 |
ΔIR_sr | 0.018 ** | 0.0004 *** | 0.046 *** | 0.0008 *** |
Oil Importing Poland | Cause | |||
Pre-2020 | Whole Sample | |||
ΔOIL+ | ΔOIL- | ΔOIL+ | ΔOIL- | |
ΔGDP | 0.6854 | 0.9917 | 0.0006 *** | 0.3135 |
ΔCPI | 0.9037 | 0.9463 | 0.9582 | 0.9013 |
ΔExR | 0.161 | 0.1043 | 0.0713 | 0.0616 |
ΔIR_sr | 0.061 | 0.0074 *** | 0.3316 | 0.0311 ** |
Indirect Causality | Chi-Square Statistics | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Pre-2020 | Whole Sample | |||
ΔOIL+ | ΔOIL- | ΔOIL+ | ΔOIL- | |
Norway | 2.554 (0.635) | 13.046 (0.011) ** | 14.754 (0.005) *** | 9.321 (0.054) |
Germany | 27.883 (<0.01) *** | 11.079 (0.026) ** | 36.229 (<0.01) *** | 2.336 (0.674) |
Poland | 34.371 (<0.01) *** | 22.215 (<0.01) *** | 36.453 (<0.01) *** | 11.633 (0.02) ** |
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Piłatowska M, Geise A. Macroeconomic Effects of Oil Price Shocks in the Context of Geopolitical Events: Evidence from Selected European Countries. Energies. 2025; 18(15):4165. https://doi.org/10.3390/en18154165
Chicago/Turabian StylePiłatowska, Mariola, and Andrzej Geise. 2025. "Macroeconomic Effects of Oil Price Shocks in the Context of Geopolitical Events: Evidence from Selected European Countries" Energies 18, no. 15: 4165. https://doi.org/10.3390/en18154165
APA StylePiłatowska, M., & Geise, A. (2025). Macroeconomic Effects of Oil Price Shocks in the Context of Geopolitical Events: Evidence from Selected European Countries. Energies, 18(15), 4165. https://doi.org/10.3390/en18154165