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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...

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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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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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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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Caribbean Bananas : The Macroeconomic Impact of Trade Preference Erosion

Cashin, Paul - 2010

This paper examines the macroeconomic effects of the erosion of trade preferences, with a focus on the export of …

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Imperfect Competition and the Design of VAT Regimes : The Case of Energy Trade Between Russia and Ukraine

Shiells, Clinton R. - 2002

Under imperfect competition, Russia and Ukraine may choose to deviate from optimal tax considerations which suggest use of a destination-based VAT regime. Oil and gas trade is a major source of Russian tax revenue, which is collected partly through an origin-based VAT on intra-CIS energy trade....

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The Africa Growth and Opportunity Act and its Rules of Origin : Generosity Undermined?

Subramanian, Arvind - 2002

This paper describes the United States recently enacted Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and assesses its quantitative impact on African exports. The AGOA expands the scope of preferential access of Africa''s exports to the United States in key areas such as clothing. However, its medium...

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Quality upgrading and export performance in the Asian growth miracle

Papageorgiou, Chris; Perez-Sebastian, Fidel; Spatafora, … - 2019

We explore the contribution of product-quality upgrading to the export performance of six fast-growing Asian economies … changes in these countries' sectoral export shares during 1970-2010. We build a multisector Ricardian trade model which allows … for changes in product quality, and calibrate it to generate predictions about export volumes. Unlike previous literature …

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The intensive margin in trade

Fernandes, Ana Margarida; Klenow, Peter J.; Meleshchuk, … - 2018

The Melitz model highlights the importance of the extensive margin (the number of firms exporting) for trade flows. Using the World Bank's Exporter Dynamics Database (EDD) featuring firm-level exports from 50 countries, we find that around 50 percent of variation in exports is along the...

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Determinants of Korean Trade Flows and their Geographical Destination

Milesi-Ferretti, Gian-Maria - 1997

aggregate export and import equations. In particular, it considers different choices for scale and price variables and assesses …

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