Assessing the impact of oil prices on firms of different sizes: Its tough being in the middle

Energy Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3854-3861

  Sadorsky, Perry ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Firm size; Oil prices; Stock prices

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION THEORY; PUBLIC POLICY;

FIRM SIZE; OIL PRICES; STOCK PRICES;

COSTS;

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY POLICY; FIRM SIZE; OIL SUPPLY; PRICE DYNAMICS; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; STOCK MARKET;

EID: 51349159552     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.07.019     Document Type: Article

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