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A model for the global crude oil market using a multi-pool MCP approach
Huppmann, Daniel; Holz, Franziska - 2009
-cooperative way. -- Crude oil ; market structure ; cartel ; pool market ; simulation model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003821875
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Inscrutable OPEC : Behavioral Tests of the Cartel Hypothesis
Smith, James L. - 2015
role of dominant producer within the cartel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012708235
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Mothballing in a duopoly: evidence from a (shale) oil market
Comincioli, Nicola; Hagspiel, Verena; Kort, Peter M.; … - 2020
The mothballing option has been studied in the literature, but mainly in decision theoretic frameworks. This paper looks at it from a strategic point of view and applies it to an incumbent-entrant framework. In particular, based on the recent strategic interactions between OPEC and the shale oil...
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An Analysis of OPEC's Strategic Actions, US Shale Growth and the 2014 Oil Price Crash
Behar, Alberto - 2016
US shale oil production; (ii) the slowdown of global oil demand; (iii) reduced cohesiveness of the OPEC cartel; (iv …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012977842
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Endogenous price commitment, sticky and leadership pricing : evidence from the Italian petrol market
Andreoli Versbach, Patrick; Franck, Jens-Uwe - 2013
This article studies dynamic pricing strategies in the Italian gasoline market before and after the market leader unilaterally announced its commitment to adopt a sticky-pricing policy. Using daily Italian firm level prices and weekly average EU prices, we show that the effect of the new policy...
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Imperfect Cartelization in OPEC
Okullo, Samuel Jovan - 2016
restrictive than that of a Cournot-Nash oligopoly, is found to still be more accommodative than that of a perfect cartel. The … participation in the cartel. This is contrary to predictions of the standard cartel model that such producers should be allocated … relatively more stringent quotas. Furthermore, we find that cartel collusion is likely to be sustained for elastic than inelastic …
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OPEC, Saudi Arabia, and the shale revolution : insights from equilibrium modelling and oil politics
Ansari, Dawud - 2017
Why did OPEC not cut oil production in the wake of 2014's price fall? This study aims at aiding the mostly qualitative discussion with quantitative evidence from computing quarterly partial market equilibria Q4 2011 - Q4 2015 under present short-term profit maximisation and different competition...
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A Model for the Global Crude Oil Market Using a Multi-Pool MCP Approach
Huppmann, Daniel; Holz, Franziska - 2012
This paper proposes a partial equilibrium model to describe the global crude oil market. Pricing on the global crude oil market is strongly influenced by price indices such as WTI (USA) and Brent (Northwest Europe). Adapting an approach for pool-based electricity markets, the model captures the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014206529
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Germany's market transparency unit for fuels : fostering collusion or competition?
Horvath, Marco - 2019
To increase competition in the retail market for gasoline, Germany's Federal Cartel Office established the so …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012155116
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Vertical differentiation and collusion : cannibalization or proliferation?
Gabszewicz, Jean Jaskold; Marini, Marco A.; Tarola, Ornella - 2016
In this paper, we tackle the dilemma of pruning versus proliferation in a vertically differentiated oligopoly under the assumption that some firms collude and control both the range of variants for sale and their corresponding prices, likewise a multiproduct firm. We analyse whether pruning...
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