College of Administration and Economics

The Department of Economics at the College of Administration and Economics, University of Mosul, discusses a master thesis titled “Measuring and Analyzing the Relationship between Oil Revenues, Public Debt, and Economic Growth – OPEC as a Model for the Period 2004–2022.”

The discussion was attended in part by the Assistant Deans for Scientific and Administrative Affairs.

The current study, submitted by graduate student Ma’n Sardar Taha from the Department of Economics, aimed to:

Measure and analyze the trends of key variables, namely oil revenues, public debt, and economic growth.

Measure and analyze the impact of oil revenues on public debt and economic growth.

Analyze the causal relationship between these variables.

The study reached several conclusions, most notably:
Oil revenues are negatively correlated with public debt and positively correlated with economic growth. This means that increasing oil revenues contribute to reducing public debt levels and enhancing economic growth.

The discussion committee was chaired by Professor Dr. Khalaf Mohammed Hamad from Tikrit University, and included as members: Assistant Professor Dr. Sara Salem Dawood, Assistant Professor Dr. Alaa Wajih Mahdi, and Assistant Professor Dr. Mustafa Fadel Hammadi (who also served as the thesis advisor).