Understanding the decline in the price of oil since June 2014

Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 131-158

  Baumeister, Christiane ^a   Kilian, Lutz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Oil demand; Oil price declines; Oil supply; OPEC; Shale oil

Indexed keywords

EID: 85076196792     PISSN: 23335955     EISSN: 23335963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/684160     Document Type: Article

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