This paper develops a model in which supply of a non-renewable resource can adjust through two margins: the rate of depletion and the rate of field opening. Faster depletion of existing fields means that less of the resource can ultimately be extracted, and optimal depletion of open fields...

Large quantities of oil were discovered in the Albertine Rift Valley in Western Uganda in 2006. The sound management of these oil resources and revenues is undoubtedly one of the key public policy challenges for Uganda as it is for other African countries with large oil and/or gas endowments....

A key objective of competition or antitrust law is to promote efficiency in business and to serve the public interest. This means that business entities merging or having relationships that reduce the scope for competition and efficiency inevitably attract national and international regulatory...