The Main Sources of Economic Growth in Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaAn Econometric: Study During the period 2000-2023
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https://doi.org/10.33948/ESJ-KSU-18-1-2Keywords:
Economic growth sources, ARDL model, economic diversification, Saudi Vision 2030, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.Abstract
This study aims to identify the main sources of economic growth in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over the period (2000-2023), It further examines the extent to which economic growth responds to changes in these sources in the long run.The study employs the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model. The results indicate no evidence of short-run Granger causality from the explanatory variables to real GDP per capita.In the long run, the findings reveal a weak and less-than-proportional response of real GDP per capita to its main determinants, namely final consumption expenditure and total exports and imports of goods and services. Specifically, a 1% increase in final consumption expenditure leads to a 0.31% increase in real GDP per capita, while a 1% increase in total exports results in a 0.15% increase. In contrast, a 1% rise in total imports of goods and services leads to a 0.09% decline in real GDP per capita.
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