Title Does the vision 2030 and value added tax leads to sustainable economic growth: the case of Saudi Arabia? /
Authors Sarwar, Suleman ; Štreimikienė, Dalia ; Waheed, Rida ; Dignah, Ashwag ; Mikalauskienė, Asta
DOI 10.3390/su131911090
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Is Part of Sustainability.. Basel : MDPI. 2021, vol. 13, iss. 19, art. no. 11090, p. [1-20].. eISSN 2071-1050
Keywords [eng] Saudi Arabia ; Vision 2030 ; value‐added tax ; sustainable economic growth ; vector error correction
Abstract [eng] The motivation behind the current research is to check the effect of the recent introduction of value added tax (VAT) and Vision 2030 on the economy of Saudi Arabia. To check this, those variables are added to the analysis which contribute to economic development including labor, capital, oil price, financial development, and trade openness to examine that how economic transformation affects the role of these variables in economic growth. According to the vector error correction (VEC) model, the impact of labor becomes negative after VAT, however, the impact of capital and financial development becomes significant by this transformation. The coefficients of oil prices, for positive and negative shocks, are significant and negative. Financial development and trade openness are reporting surprising results; positive shocks have shown negative coefficients. However, after Vision 2030, trade openness has a significant and positive coefficient. Policy implications include diversification of exports, reviving the private financing mechanism and restructuring the export/import policies.
Published Basel : MDPI
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2021
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