The US Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration recently predicted that world oil production could continue to increase for more than three decades, based on the recent US Geological Survey (USGS) evaluation of world oil resources and a simple, transparent model. However, it can be shown that this model is not consistent with actual oil production records in many different regio...

Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics • University of California Much attention has been given to the introduction of biofuels assuming competitive oil markets. This paper argues that OPEC behaves as a cartel of nations and that this suggests different outcomes than those derived under the competitive or the standard cartel models. In particular, the paper shows that the competitive mod...

Abstract I n this paper, the behavior of the real oil price and OPEC and non-OPEC oil production during 1973-2013 are modelled. Interactions among OPEC, non-OPEC oil production, global oil consumption, and the real price of crude oil are estimated using a Structural VAR model (SVAR). After providing evidence for the structural breaks in oil price in 1996, the results indicate that, ac...

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This Joint Report does not necessarily express the positions of the member countries of IEA, OECD and the World Bank, and those of OPEC and of the Governments it represents. IEA, OPEC, OECD, and the World Bank assume no liability or responsibility whatsoever for the use of the data or analyses contained in this Joint Report and nothing in this Joint Report shall be construed as interpreting or ...

We investigate evidence on the effects of OPEC announcements on world oil prices by examining announcements from both official conferences and ministerial meetings on major international crudes, including the key benchmarks and several other heavy and light grades. With data from 1982 to 2008, we use event study methodology and find differentiation in the magnitude and significance of market re...

This work explores the relationship between price of crude oil and its production through an empirical study on regions Organization Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) non-Organization (non-OPEC). The has recently been fluctuating greatly that it cannot be predicted; this fluctuation causes changes in prices raw materials for everyday life, thus affecting economy worldwide. To better understa...

BACKGROUND There is a large body of literature examining income in relation to health expenditures. The share of expenditures in health sector from GDP in developed countries is often larger than in non-developed countries, suggesting that as the level of economic growth increases, health spending increase, too. OBJECTIVES This paper estimates long-run relationships between health expenditure...