Adjusting to Volatile Energy Prices

Philip Verleger Jr. (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

262 Seiten

1994
The Peterson Institute for International Economics (Verlag)
978-0-88132-069-5 (ISBN)

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Oil price volatility has been highly criticized on many fronts, from the top-level official to the average consumer. Authorities for both producing and consuming nations have called for mechanisms to restore order to a chaotic market.The author traces the development of petroleum commodity markets, then examines the quest by producers and consumers for stability in world oil markets. He finds that modest producer and consumer gains can be realized through negotiations that achieve removal of barriers to trade, elimination of hurdles to foreign investment, and strengthening of financial institutions.Verleger reviews previous attempts to stabilize price fluctuations of other commodities and finds that these efforts have invariably failed. He argues that the very size of the oil market makes it unlikely that an effort to stabilize oil prices would succeed. Moreover, he shows that an oil price stabilization agreement would impose large costs on consumers.

Philip K. Verleger Jr., former visiting fellow, specializes in the study of energy markets and is president of PKVerleger LLC and a senior adviser to The Brattle Group, a Cambridge economics consulting firm.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.11.1994
Verlagsort	Washington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	151 x 232 mm
Gewicht	400 g
Themenwelt	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Finanzierung
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
ISBN-10	0-88132-069-2 / 0881320692
ISBN-13	978-0-88132-069-5 / 9780881320695
Zustand	Neuware