Transaction costs and risk preferences: Modeling governance in offshore drilling

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 741-775

  Jablonowski, C J ^a   Kleit, A N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; RISK MANAGEMENT;

COST FUNCTION; ORGANIZATIONAL CHOICE; RISK PREFERENCES; TRANSACTION COST;

OFFSHORE DRILLING;

EID: 33750984795     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/101936-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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