The paradox of oil reserve forecasts: The political implications of predicting oil reserves and oil consumption

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1340-1344

  Balaban, Oded ^a   Tsatskin, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Energy crisis; Political implications; Values

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CRISIS; GLOBAL ENERGY; MODELING RESULTS; OIL CONSUMPTION; OIL MARKET; OIL PRICES; OIL RESERVES; PEAK OIL; POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS; VALUE ANALYSIS;

FORECASTING; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS;

ENERGY POLICY;

COMMODITY PRICE; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; HYDROCARBON RESERVE; OIL SUPPLY; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; RESOURCE DEPLETION;

EID: 75449103202     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.10.069     Document Type: Article

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