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Employment impacts of upstream oil and gas investment in the United States
Agerton, Mark; Hartley, Peter Reginald; Medlock, … - 2015
Technological progress in the exploration and production of oil and gas during the 2000s has led to a boom in upstream investment and has increased the domestic supply of fossil fuels. It is unknown, however, how many jobs this boom has created. We use time-series methods at the national level...
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Payment Arrears in the Gas and Electric Power Sectors of the Russian Federation and Ukraine
Gürgen, Emine - 1997
This paper discusses payments arrears in the Russian Federation and Ukraine, with emphasis on the gas and electric power sectors. Payments arrears, which were triggered primarily by the dislocations experienced during the transition from a centrally planned to a market economy, have reached...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403291
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Macroeconomic effects of reforms on three diverse oil exporters : Russia, Saudi Arabia, and the UK
Beidas-Strom, Samya; Lorusso, Marco - 2019
We build and estimate open economy two-bloc DSGE models to study the transmission and impact of shocks in Russia, Saudi …: Russia would benefit from a smaller state foot-print, while in Saudi Arabia, unless this is accompanied by structural reforms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112123
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Russia and the WTO : The ""Gravity"" of Outsider Status
Lissovolik, Yaroslav - 2004
applies the gravity model to gauge whether this ""outsider"" status has been affecting Russia''s export structure. On the … various WTO procedures, although own-export restrictions could have a similar effect. The model points to Russia''s further …With China''s accession to the WTO in 2001, Russia is by far that organization''s most prominent nonmember. This paper …
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Cross-border activity of Japanese banks
Lam, W. Raphael - 2013
This paper explores the determinants of Japanese banks’ overseas expansion and assesses whether the growing cross-border activity will continue under the new macroeconomic policies referred as “Abenomics”. The analysis finds that Japanese banks are well positioned to scale up foreign...
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A comprehensive greenhouse gas mitigation strategy for The Netherlands
Batini, Nicoletta; Black, Simon; Luca, Oana; Parry, Ian … - 2021
The Netherlands has ambitious greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for the future - to cut them by 49 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 and 95 percent by 2050. These targets and the likely new EU-wide targets under the recent EU Green Deal entail a rapid acceleration in decarbonization....
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An Oil and Gas Model
Krichene, Noureddine - 2007
This paper formulated a short-run model, with an explicit role for monetary policy, for analyzing world oil and gas markets. The model described carefully the parameters of these markets and their vulnerability to business cycles. Estimates showed that short-run demand for oil and gas was price-...
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Measuring Energy Security : Trends in the Diversification of Oil and Natural Gas Supplies
Loungani, Prakash - 2011
We present evidence on one facet of energy security in OECD economies - the extent of diversification in sources of oil and natural gas supplies. Viewed from the perspective of the energy-importing countries as a whole, there has not been much change in diversification in oil supplies over the...
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Quasi-Fiscal Deficits and Energy Conditionality in Selected CIS Countries
Saavalainen, Tapio - 2006
Quasi-fiscal deficits of public utility companies are common in all member countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). They constitute a significant impediment to efficient resource allocation and endanger macroeconomic stability. This paper presents a simple framework for...
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Issues in Global Natural Gas : A Primer and Analysis
Okogu, Bright Erakpoweri - 2002
This paper discusses the rising profile of natural gas in global energy, factors constraining its further development, the gas contracting process, and the absence of a global market, which is analyzed in the context of the economic rent in the gas price and the opaque nature of gas contracts. A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401810