Because of a long time frame, irreversible and specific investments, incomplete contracts andpolitical constraints, it is generally difficult for governments to commit themselves in a credibleway to a fixed petroleum tax regime. Many controversial renegotiations and tightenings of suchsystems...

Theories of irreversible investment suggest a negative relation between investment and uncertainty,and non-linear adjustment costs open for asymmetries in the adjustment of fixed capital. We proposean econometric modelling approach to estimate and test the key predictions of modern...

Topical issues in petroleum tax design are in this chapter discussed by means of a tax model for anet income tax system (Norway) and a representative PSA regime. We analyse the entire lifecycle of a typical petroleum project, i.e., the exploration decision is included. Many petroleumtax systems...

Shortages of rigs and personnel have encouraged creativity in designing incentive contracts in thedrilling sector. In particular for oil service contracts, since those companies have the most directcontrol of drilling efficiency. A large variety of contract types are in use, including within...

The oil companies are concerned to replace the petroleum reserves they producein order to maintain their future level of activity. Booked reserves alsorepresent an important input when analysts value these companies. Many producercountries want to control their own resources, a goal which can...

Mit der auf dem Weltwirtschaftsforum in Davos 1999 erstmals vorgestellten Initiative füreinen "Global Compact" zwischen den Vereinten Nationen (VN) und Wirtschaftsunternehmenmöchte VN-Generalsekretär Kofi Annan die Zusammenarbeit zwischen den VN, der Wirtschaftund anderen gesellschaftlichen...

There are only out-dated research results on the environmental impact of solar thermal collectorswhich do not reflect the state of the art in this field. Particularly with regard to the long-term resistanceand ageing of the absorbers of solar thermal collectors, there are no current scientific...

This paper studies the role of strategy and the order book mar-ket mechanism in price dynamics and the order flow behaviour. To this end we analyse a zero-intelligence agent model of a dynamic limit order market. Stylised facts of limit order markets are shown to be influenced and, in some...

This working paper surveys theoretical and empirical work about market liquidityand market liquidity risk. It addresses interested practitioners as well asstudents who want to gain a quick overview about the latest progress in researchin market liquidity.

Dieses Projekt untersucht wie Marktsignale in Form von Preisinformationen im Bereichdes Frequenzmanagements genutzt werden können, um nicht nur die Frequenzvergabe,sondern auch Festlegungen hinsichtlich der Nutzungsart, der Emissionscharakteristikaund der Exklusivität optimal steuern zu...