At present, oil markets appear to be behaving in a fashion similar to that in the late 1970s and early 1980s when oil prices rose sharply over an extended period. Furthermore, like at that time, analysts are split on whether such increases will persist or reverse, and if so by how much. The...

The rapid rise in the price of crude oil between 2004 and the summer of 2006 are the subject of debate. This paper investigates the factors that might have contributed to the oil price increase in addition to demand and supply for crude oil, by expanding a model for crude oil prices to include...

This paper presents a comprehensive cross-country database of fiscal space, broadly defined as the availability of budgetary resources for a government to service its financial obligations. The database covers up to 200 countries over the period 1990-2016, and includes 28 indicators of fiscal...

Der Preis für Rohöl ist Ende vergangenen Jahres aufgrund der weltweit schwachen Konjunktur und der rückläufigen Ölnachfrage innerhalb von drei Monaten um etwa 10 US-Dollar auf 18 US-Dollar je Barrel gefallen. Verstärkt wurde dieser konjunkturelle Effekt durch den Einbruch des...

Obwohl die Ölnachfrage nicht zuletzt wegen des geringen Wirtschaftswachstums im ersten Halbjahr 2002 schwächer als erwartet ausgefallen ist und die OPEC mehr Öl produzierte, als Anfang des Jahres vereinbart worden war, sind die Preise für Brent-Rohöl von Januar bis Mitte September um nahezu...

The main purpose of this report is to analyse the main features of the current crude oil pricing system; to describe the structure of the main benchmarks currently used namely Brent West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Dubai-Oman; to clearly identify the various financial layers that have emerged...

In the abscence of a global agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, individual countries have introduced national climate policies. Unilateral action involves the risk of relocating emissions to regions without climate regulations, i.e., emission leakage. A major channel for leakage are...