Factor substitution, and economies of scale and utilisation in Kuwait's crude oil industry

Energy Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 337-354

  Al Mutairi, Naief ^a   Burney, Nadeem A ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Crude oil; Factor substitution; Kuwait; Scale economies

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ACQUISITION; ECONOMICS; ELASTICITY; PERSONNEL;

FACTOR SUBSTITUTION;

PETROLEUM INDUSTRY;

CRUDE OIL; ECONOMY OF SCALE; OIL INDUSTRY; SUBSTITUTION;

KUWAIT;

EID: 0036639437     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-9883(02)00008-7     Document Type: Article

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