Estimating strategic interactions in petroleum exploration

Energy Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 586-594

  Lin, C Y Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Petroleum exploration; Spatial interactions; Strategic interactions

Indexed keywords

CURRENT PARAMETERS; FEDERAL LANDS; GOVERNMENT POLICY; GULF OF MEXICO; LEASE TERMS; PETROLEUM EXPLORATION; POLICY MAKERS; RESPONSE MODEL; ROYALTY REVENUE; SPATIAL INTERACTIONS; STRATEGIC INTERACTIONS; TIMING DECISIONS;

ECONOMICS; METAL RECOVERY; TIME MEASUREMENT;

OFFSHORE PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; POLICY MAKING; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349240121     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2008.12.008     Document Type: Article

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