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The World Oil Market: Past and Future

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Private owners of world oil resources eventually failed to restrain abundance and keep an above-competitive price. The OPEC nations had far greater market power, but overestimated it. Short time horizons drove OPEC nations to raise the price too much. They retreated to a more tenable level. But like all cartels, they find it hard to reconcile group welfare with short-run individual interest. Oil continues abundant, so far. The main obstacles to noncartel expansion are man made such as taxation and state companies. They are very slowly yielding. Depending on how fast they erode, world supply will grow, and price pressure will be downward.

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  • M.A. Adelman, 1994. "The World Oil Market: Past and Future," The Energy Journal, International Association for Energy Economics, vol. 0(Special I), pages 1-11.
    • Handle: RePEc:aen:journl:1994si-a01
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    1. Weston, J. Fred & Johnson, Brian A. & Siu, Juan A., 1999. "Mergers and restructuring in the world oil industry," Journal of Energy Finance & Development, Elsevier, vol. 4(2), pages 149-183.
    2. David R. Mares, 2022. "Understanding Cartel Viability: Implications for a Latin American Lithium Suppliers Agreement," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(15), pages 1-26, July.

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