The future of oil: Geology versus technology

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 207-221

  Benes, Jaromir ^a   Chauvet, Marcelle ^b   Kamenik, Ondra ^a,c   Kumhof, Michael ^a   Laxton, Douglas ^a   Mursula, Susanna ^a   Selody, Jack ^a,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OGResearch ^*  (Czech Republic)

^d Promontory Financial Group   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian econometrics; Exhaustible resources; Fossil fuels; Hubbert's peak oil; Oil depletion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914148082     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2014.03.012     Document Type: Article

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