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We use a new micro data set that covers all oil fields in the world to estimate a stochastic industry-equilibrium model … of the oil industry with two alternative market structures. In the first, all firms are competitive. In the second, OPEC … market in a general-equilibrium model of the world economy. We analyze the impact of the advent of fracking on the volatility …
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This paper explores the connections between the shift of world saving toward OPEC and the changing structure of U … of world saving toward OPEC in the 1970s effectively internationalized the supply of saving, as OPEC places its surplus … become more interdependent through trade with the newly industrializing countries (NICs) in the developing world. The shift …
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point in the history of the world's use of this key energy source. In this article I review five of the ways in which the … world of energy may have changed forever …
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for the U.S. and the rest of the world (ROW). We investigate the implications of a significant increase in U.S. light …
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This paper examines the relationship between spot and futures prices for energy commodities (crude oil, gasoline, heating oil markets and natural gas). In particular, we examine whether futures prices are (1) an unbiased and/or (2) accurate predictor of subsequent spot prices. We find that while...
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post-World-War-II oil shocks reviewed include the Suez Crisis of 1956-57, the OPEC oil embargo of 1973-1974, the Iranian …
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supply. Topics discussed include the role of commodity speculation, OPEC, and resource depletion. The paper concludes that …
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This paper examines the effect of OPEC price increases on the welfare of a group of oil-importing industrial countries … conducted using a general-equilibrium model that describes the behavior of two actors, OPEC and the oil-importing bloc called … world rate of interest(intertemporal terms of trade effects) and, for rigid wages, changes in employment. Thus Industria …
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The COVID-19 pandemic as well as the Russian invasion of Ukraine have had profound effects on the global energy landscape, with some of the longer-lasting effects still unfolding. This paper discusses how these events have reshaped the supply side of the global oil market by focusing on...
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Retail petroleum markets in Mexico are on the cusp of a historic deregulation. For decades, all 11,000 gasoline stations nationwide have carried the brand of the state-owned petroleum company Pemex and sold Pemex gasoline at federally regulated retail prices. This industry structure is changing,...
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