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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Impact of Fuel Subsidies On Economic Growth In Energy-exporting Countries: Analysis with Panel Data
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Faculty of Economics, Business Studies and Management, University of Abou Bekr Belkaid Tlemcen, Algeria
Submission date: 2024-07-31
Final revision date: 2025-02-14
Acceptance date: 2025-02-27
Online publication date: 2025-04-09
Publication date: 2025-04-09
Corresponding author
LAISSOUF Samir
Faculty of Economics, Business Studies and Management, University of Abou Bekr Belkaid Tlemcen, Algeria
Faculty of Economics, Business Studies and Management, University of Abou Bekr Belkaid Tlemcen, Algeria
Economic and Regional Studies 2025;18(1):34-44
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JEL CLASSIFICATION CODES
C23 ،O47 ،Q40 ، H71
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ABSTRACT
Subject and purpose of work: This study aims to measure the impact of fuel subsidy on economic growth in 2010–2020 Materials and methods: The panel model was used in the study to calculate the variables of fuel subsidies as a percentage of GDP and annual GDP growth per person for 11 energy producers and exporters Results: the study showed that fuel subsidies had a significant adverse effect on economic growth, with a 1% increase in fuel subsidies leading to a 0.19% drop in growth in the sample nations Conclusions: The findings are consistent with previous studies results and support the view that the policy of fuel subsidies hurts economic growth channels. This study attempted to measure fuel subsidies using the price GAP approach, which allows for estimating the levels of internal energy prices and specific reference prices, such as international energy prices or the price of production cost recovery
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