Investigating the Effect of Technology Changes and Environmental Constraints on Oil Demand in Non-OECD Oil Importing Countries from Iran: Symmetric and Asymmetric Models

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of technology changes and environmental constraints on the estimated oil demand function of non-OECD countries that import oil from Iran based on symmetric and asymmetric specification. For this purpose, data from the 1970 to 2014 period were used by non-OECD non-OECD oil importers from Iran, including Russia, South Africa, China, and India. Given the first-order difference between the variables studied, the modified least squares method (FMOLS) was used to estimate. The results of this study showed that imposing environmental limitations on carbon dioxide reductions in oil-importing countries from Iran could reduce oil demand from oil-importing countries from Iran. Also, the results showed that improving technology in the selected countries of the oil importer from Iran will increase the demand for these oil products.

Keywords

• technology changes
• environmental constraints
• oil demand function
• non-oecd countries
• modulated least squares