Oil in parallax: Scarcity, markets, and the financialization of accumulation

Geoforum

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 541-552

  Labban, Mazen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Fictitious capital; Finance; Investment; Oil derivatives; Peak oil; Placement

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; FINANCIAL MARKET; HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; INVESTMENT; OIL PRODUCTION; OIL SUPPLY; RESOURCE SCARCITY;

EID: 77954278137     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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