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Industrial Potential for Substitution of Electricity for Oil and Natural Gas
1983
The prospect of natural gas decontrol as well as uncertainties of gas and other fuel supplies have aroused interest in electric processes among industrial officials. Where there is ample electric power supply at reasonable cost, an opportunity exists for selected industry groups to make...
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Analysis of Acquirer Stock Performance in Mergers and Acquisitions in Alberta's Oil and Gas Industry
Zivot, Harrison A - 2010
This paper develops a framework that analyzes how mergers and acquisitions in Alberta’s oil and gas industry affect stock prices. In this experiment, a multivariate regression is applied to several industry-specific variables to determine if they have impacts on the abnormal stock returns of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468725
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Dealing with plenty: Brazil in the era of surplus oil
de Oliveira, Renato L. - 2011
This is a study about the growth of oil industry and its economic and political repercussions in Brazil. It combines an industrial analysis with an empirical assessment of the impact of oil royalties on municipal fiscal transparency in Brazil.This paper begins with an overview of the future of...
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Projected refined product balances in key Latin American countries: A preliminary examination
2009
Over the years, the East-West Center (EWC) has developed considerable expertise in refinery modeling, especially in the area of forecasting product balances for countries, given planned capacity changes, changes in product demand, changes in crude slates, and changes in product specifications....
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Risk Preferences and Demand for Insurance in Peru: A Field Experiment
Galarza, Francisco B.; Carter, Michael R. - 2010
This paper reports the results of behavioral economic experiments conducted in Peru toexamine the relationship amongst …
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ACEITAÇÃO E SEGMENTAÇÃO DO MERCADO DE PRODUTOS DERIVADOS DA CARNE DE PERU
Pulici, Rodrigo; Alves, Flavio Rocha; Gameiro, Augusto … - 2008
- de certa forma - este desempenho. Como o frango de corte, grande parte da produção de carne de peru é exportada. Todavia … de peru, que se apresenta bastante baixo, apesar do crescimento nos últimos cinco anos. A presente pesquisa analisou a … estratégia de segmentação do mercado dos produtos à base de carne de peru, o comportamento de compra baseado nos preços desses …
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