Financial market pressure, tacit collusion and oil price formation

Energy Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 389-398

  Aune, Finn Roar ^a   Mohn, Klaus ^b   Osmundsen, Petter ^b   Rosendahl, Knut Einar ^a  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Investment behaviour; Market power; Oil market; Tacit collusion

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CRISIS; FINANCIAL MARKET; GLOBAL OIL MARKET; INTERNATIONAL OIL COMPANIES; MARKET POWER; OIL MARKET; OIL PRICES; OIL SUPPLIES; PARTIAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; TACIT COLLUSION;

GAS INDUSTRY; INVESTMENTS; PROFITABILITY;

COMMERCE;

CAPITAL FLOW; ENERGY MARKET; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL MARKET; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; OIL INDUSTRY; OIL PRODUCTION; OIL SUPPLY; OPEC; PROFITABILITY;

EID: 74149085599     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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