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Evaluating the Impact of Oil Price Volatility and Renewable Energy Adoption on Pakistan's Economic Growth: A Time-Series Analysis Cover

Evaluating the Impact of Oil Price Volatility and Renewable Energy Adoption on Pakistan's Economic Growth: A Time-Series Analysis

By: Usman Bashir  
Open Access
|Nov 2025

Figures & Tables

ARDL Estimation Results: Short-Run and Long-Run Effects on GDP Growth

VariableCoefficientStd.Errort-StatisticP-Value95% Conf. Interval
GDPGrowth (L1)-0.5875490.0710509-8.270.001(-0.7848179, - 0.39028)
D_OVX0.01238630.0092571.340.252(-0.0133154, 0.0380879)
D_OVX (L1)-0.04999210.0096537-5.180.007(-0.0767952, - 0.0231891)
D_RES0.64942550.10613996.120.004(0.3547338, 0.9441172)
D2_EXR0.11324940.01500397.550.002(0.0715918, 0.1549069)
D2_IR0.03090560.10394350.30.781(-0.2576879, 0.319499)
D_IPI-1.474790.2516851-5.860.004(-2.173579, - 0.7759998)
D_IPI (L1)-3.6751860.1960487-18.750(-4.219504, - 3.130867)
Constant5.8903090.268623721.930(5.14449, 6.636128)

ADF Stationarity Tests for Variables Used in the ARDL Model

VariableADF Test at LevelADF Test at First DifferenceADF Test at Second Difference
GDP Growth (GDPGrowth)-3.089 (p = 0.0274)--Level (I(0))
Oil Price Volatility (OVX)-2.680 (p = 0.0775)-3.089 (p = 0.0274)-First Difference (I(1))
Renewable Energy Share (RES)-1.401 (p = 0.5816)-4.453 (p = 0.0002)-First Difference (I(1))
Exchange Rate (EXR)2.371 (p = 0.9990)-0.788 (p = 0.8226)-5.579 (p = 0.0000)Second Difference (I(2))
Interest Rate (IR)-1.502 (p = 0.5326)-2.101 (p = 0.2439)-3.983 (p = 0.0015)Second Difference (I(2))
Industrial Production Index (IPI)-1.731 (p = 0.4153)-2.850 (p = 0.0515)-First Difference (I(1))

Variables, Measurement Units, and Data Sources for the ARDL Model

Variable NameCategoryAbbreviationUnit of MeasurementData Source
Gross Domestic Product GrowthDependentGDPGrowthAnnual %World Development Indicators (WDI)
Oil Price Volatility IndexIndependentOVXIndex ValueInvesting.com
Renewable Energy ConsumptionRES% of Total Final Energy ConsumptionWorld Development Indicators (WDI)
Official Exchange RateControlEXRLocal Currency per USD (Period Average)World Development Indicators (WDI)
Lending Interest RateIR%World Development Indicators (WDI)
Manufacturing Value AddedIPI% of GDPWorld Development Indicators (WDI)

Diagnostic Tests for ARDL Model Validity and Assumptions

Test NameResultsStatus
Variance Inflation Factor (VIF) TestMean VIF = 3.04(No multicollinearity issue)Passed
Breusch-Pagan Heteroskedasticity Testp = 0.6708(No heteroscedasticity detected)Passed
Shapiro-Wilk Normality Testp = 0.87437(Residuals follow normal distribution)Passed
Durbin-Watson Test for AutocorrelationDurbin-Watson = 2.157 (No severe autocorrelation)Passed
Breusch-Godfrey LM Test for Serial Correlationp = 0.1108(No serial correlation detected)Passed
Ramsey RESET Test for Model Specificationp = 0.6088(No omitted variable bias)Passed
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acpro-2025-0001 | Journal eISSN: 3044-7259 | Journal ISSN: 1691-6077
Language: English
Page range: 4 - 18
Published on: Nov 10, 2025
Published by: Turiba University Ltd
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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