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Working papers

2024

  1. Hossa Almutairi & Axel Pierru & James L. Smith, 2024, "Managing the Oil Market Under Misinformation: A Reasonable Quest?," Discussion Papers, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center, number ks--2024-dp16, May, DOI: 10.30573/KS--2024-DP16.

2012

  1. Mr. James L. Smith, 2012, "Modeling the Impact of Taxes on Petroleum Exploration and Development," IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund, number 2012/278, Nov.
  2. Mr. James L. Smith, 2012, "Issues in Extractive Resource Taxation: A Review of Research Methods and Models," IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund, number 2012/287, Dec.
  3. Smith, James L. & Thompson, Rex, 2012, "The Informational Role of Spot Prices and Inventories," RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future, number dp-12-45, Sep.
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2010

  1. James L. Smith, 2010, "On The Portents of Peak Oil (And Other Indicators of Resource Scarcity)," Working Papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, number 1010, Aug.

2008

  1. James L. Smith, 2008, "World Oil: Market or Mayhem?," Working Papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, number 0815, Sep.

2006

  1. James L. Smith & Rex Thompson, 2006, "Rational Plunging and the Option Value of Sequential Investment The Case of Petroleum Exploration," Working Papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, number 0602, Feb.

2005

  1. James L. Smith & Rex Thompson, 2005, "Diversification and the Value of Exploration Portfolios," Working Papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, number 0507, Apr.

2004

  1. James L. Smith & Rex Thompson, 2004, "Managing a Portfolio of Real Options: Sequential Exploration of Dependent Prospects," Working Papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, number 0403, Jan.
  2. James L. Smith, 2004, "The Option to Try Again: Valuing a Sequence of Dependent Trials," Working Papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, number 0404, Jan.

2003

  1. James L. Smith, 2003, "Inscrutable OPEC? Behavioral Tests of the Cartel Hypothesis," Working Papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, number 0305, May.
  2. James L. Smith, 2003, "Distinguishable Patterns of Competition, Collusion, and Parallel Action," Working Papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, number 0306, May.
  3. James L. Smith, 2003, "Petroleum Property Valuation," Working Papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, number 0311, Jun.

2002

  1. Gary D. Libecap & James L. Smith, 2002, "The economic evolution of petroleum property rights in the United States," ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research, number 25-2002, May.

2001

  1. Gary Libecap & James L. Smith, 2001, "The economic evolution of petroleum property rights in the United States: a test of the Demsetz hypothesis," ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research, number 14-2001, Jun.
  2. Gary Libecap & James L. Smith, 2001, "Political constraints on government cartelization: the case of oil production regulation in Texas and Saudi Arabia," ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research, number 16-2001, Jun.

1999

  1. Gary D. Libecap & James L. Smith, 1999, "The Self-Enforcing Provisions of Oil and Gas Unit Operating Agreements: Theory and Evidence," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 7142, May.

Journal articles

2026

  1. Pierru, Axel & Smith, James L., 2026, "Fiscal and external breakeven oil prices are broken concepts (and how to fix them)," Energy Economics, Elsevier, volume 157, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2026.109296.

2025

  1. Almutairi, Hossa & Pierru, Axel & Smith, James L., 2025, "Pandemic, Ukraine, OPEC+ and strategic stockpiles: Taming the oil market in turbulent times," Energy Economics, Elsevier, volume 144, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2025.108319.

2024

  1. Almutairi, Hossa & Pierru, Axel & Smith, James L., 2024, "Managing the oil market under misinformation: A reasonable quest?," Journal of Commodity Markets, Elsevier, volume 34, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomm.2024.100403.

2023

  1. Hossa Almutairi & Axel Pierru & James L. Smith, 2023, "Oil Market Stabilization: The Performance of OPEC and Its Allies," The Energy Journal, , volume 44, issue 6, pages 1-22, November, DOI: 10.5547/01956574.44.6.halm.

2018

  1. Smith, James L., 2018, "Estimating the future supply of shale oil: A Bakken case study," Energy Economics, Elsevier, volume 69, issue C, pages 395-403, DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2017.11.026.
  2. James L. Smith, 2018, "How and Why Petroleum Leases Are Held by Production: Analysis of a Compound Option," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, volume 94, issue 1, pages 52-72.

2017

  1. Smith, James L. & Lee, Thomas K., 2017, "The price elasticity of U.S. shale oil reserves," Energy Economics, Elsevier, volume 67, issue C, pages 121-135, DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2017.06.021.

2015

  1. Carol A. Dahl & Michael C. Lynch & James L. Smith, 2015, "Introduction: Is the Genie Back in the Bottle?," The Energy Journal, , volume 36, issue 1_suppl, pages 1-20, June, DOI: 10.5547/01956574.36.SI1.cdah.
  2. James L. Smith, 2015, "Valuing Barrels of Oil Equivalent," The Energy Journal, , volume 36, issue 1_suppl, pages 179-194, June, DOI: 10.5547/01956574.36.SI1.jsmi.

2014

  1. Smith, James L., 2014, "A parsimonious model of tax avoidance and distortions in petroleum exploration and development," Energy Economics, Elsevier, volume 43, issue C, pages 140-157, DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2014.02.011.

2013

  1. Smith, James L., 2013, "Issues in extractive resource taxation: A review of research methods and models," Resources Policy, Elsevier, volume 38, issue 3, pages 320-331, DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2013.06.004.
  2. Bahattin Buyuksahin & Leo Drollas & John Elder & Wincenty Kaminski & Charles F. Mason & James Smith, 2013, "Oil Price Forecasts and Trends: Interviews with the Experts," Review of Environment, Energy and Economics - Re3, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, June.

2012

  1. Smith, James L., 2012, "On the portents of peak oil (and other indicators of resource scarcity)," Energy Policy, Elsevier, volume 44, issue C, pages 68-78, DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.01.014.
  2. Clare McAndrew & James L Smith & Rex Thompson, 2012, "The impact of reserve prices on the perceived bias of expert appraisals of fine art," Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., volume 27, issue 2, pages 235-252, March.

2009

  1. James L. Smith, 2009, "World Oil: Market or Mayhem?," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, volume 23, issue 3, pages 145-164, Summer.
  2. Smith, James L. & Thompson, Rex, 2009, "Rational plunging and the option value of sequential investment: The case of petroleum exploration," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, volume 49, issue 3, pages 1009-1033, August.

2008

  1. James L. Smith & Rex Thompson, 2008, "Managing a Portfolio of Real Options: Sequential Exploration of Dependent Prospects," The Energy Journal, , volume 29, issue 1_suppl, pages 43-62, June, DOI: 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol29-NoSI.

2005

  1. James L. Smith, 2005, "Inscrutable OPEC? Behavioral Tests of the Cartel Hypothesis," The Energy Journal, , volume 26, issue 1, pages 51-82, January, DOI: 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol26-No1-.
  2. James L. Smith, 2005, "Petroleum Prospect Valuation: The Option to Drill Again," The Energy Journal, , volume 26, issue 4, pages 53-68, October, DOI: 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol26-No4-.

2002

  1. Smith, James L., 2002, "Oil and the economy: introduction," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, volume 42, issue 2, pages 163-168.
  2. Dan Levin & James L. Smith, 2002, "Entry coordination in auctions and social welfare: An experimental investigation," International Journal of Game Theory, Springer;Game Theory Society, volume 30, issue 3, pages 321-350.
  3. Libecap, Gary D & Smith, James L, 2002, "The Economic Evolution of Petroleum Property Rights in the United States," The Journal of Legal Studies, University of Chicago Press, volume 31, issue 2, pages 589-608, June.

2001

  1. Gary D. Libecap & James L. Smith, 2001, "Regulatory Remedies to the Common Pool: The Limits to Oil Field Unitization," The Energy Journal, , volume 22, issue 1, pages 1-26, January, DOI: 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol22-No1-.

2000

  1. Smith, James L., 2000, "Oil and Ideology: The Cultural Creation of the American Petroleum Industry. By Roger M. Olien and Diana Davids Olien. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2000. Pp. xv, 305. $49.95, cloth; $18.95, paper," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, volume 60, issue 3, pages 908-910, September.

1999

  1. Libecap, Gary D & Smith, James L, 1999, "The Self-Enforcing Provisions of Oil and Gas Unit Operating Agreements: Theory and Evidence," The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press, volume 15, issue 2, pages 526-548, July.

1996

  1. Levin, Dan & Smith, James L, 1996, "Optimal Reservation Prices in Auctions," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, volume 106, issue 438, pages 1271-1283, September.
  2. Smith, James L. & Levin, Dan, 1996, "Ranking Auctions with Risk Averse Bidders," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, volume 68, issue 2, pages 549-561, February.

1995

  1. James L. Smith, 1995, "On the Cost of Lost Production from Russian Oil Fields," The Energy Journal, , volume 16, issue 2, pages 25-57, April, DOI: 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol16-No2-.

1994

  1. Levin, Dan & Smith, James L, 1994, "Equilibrium in Auctions with Entry," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, volume 84, issue 3, pages 585-599, June.

1993

  1. Eric Pickles & James L. Smith, 1993, "Petroleum Property Valuation: A Binomial Lattice Implementation of Option Pricing Theory," The Energy Journal, , volume 14, issue 2, pages 1-26, April, DOI: 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol14-No2-.

1991

  1. Levin, Dan & Smith, James L, 1991, "Some Evidence on the Winner's Curse: Comment," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, volume 81, issue 1, pages 370-375, March.

1989

  1. Chalk, Andrew J, 1989, "Market Forces and Aircraft Safety: Comment," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, volume 27, issue 2, pages 355-356, April.

1988

  1. Andrew J. Chalk, 1988, "Competition in the brewing industry: Does further concentration imply collusion?," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., volume 9, issue 1, pages 49-58, March.
  2. James L. Paddock & Daniel R. Siegel & James L. Smith, 1988, "Option Valuation of Claims on Real Assets: The Case of Offshore Petroleum Leases," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, volume 103, issue 3, pages 479-508.
  3. Smith, James L & Siegel, Daniel R & Cheng, C S Agnes, 1988, "Failure of the Net Profit Share Leasing Experiment for Offshore Petroleum Resources," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, volume 70, issue 2, pages 199-206, May.

1987

  1. Chalk, Andrew J, 1987, "Market Forces and Commercial Aircraft Safety," Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell, volume 36, issue 1, pages 61-81, September.
  2. Smith, James L, 1987, "The Common Pool, Bargaining, and the Rule of Capture," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, volume 25, issue 4, pages 631-644, October.

1986

  1. Chalk, Andrew, 1986, "Market Forces and Aircraft Safety: The Case of the DC-10," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, volume 24, issue 1, pages 43-60, January.

1985

  1. Henry D. Jacoby & James L. Smith, 1985, "Effects of Taxes and Price Regulation on Offshore Gas," The Energy Journal, , volume 6, issue 1_suppl, pages 279-289, June, DOI: 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol6-NoSI-.

1984

  1. Smith, James L. & Paddock, James L., 1984, "Regional modelling of oil discovery and production," Energy Economics, Elsevier, volume 6, issue 1, pages 5-13, January.
  2. Smith, James L, 1984, "Further Results on Equilibrium Patterns of Competition in OCS Lease Sales," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, volume 22, issue 1, pages 142-146, January.

1983

  1. Larry M. DeBrock & James L. Smith, 1983, "Joint Bidding, Information Pooling, and the Performance of Petroleum Lease Auctions," Bell Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, volume 14, issue 2, pages 395-404, Autumn.

1982

  1. Smith, James L, 1982, "Risk Aversion and Bidding Behavior for Offshore Petroleum Leases," Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell, volume 30, issue 3, pages 251-269, March.
  2. Smith, James L, 1982, "Equilibrium Patterns of Competition in OCS Lease Sales," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, volume 20, issue 2, pages 180-190, April.

1981

  1. Smith, James L, 1981, "Non-Aggressive Bidding Behavior and the "Winner's Curse."," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, volume 19, issue 3, pages 380-388, July.

1980

  1. Smith, James L, 1980, "A Probabilistic Model of Oil Discovery," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, volume 62, issue 4, pages 587-594, November.

1978

  1. Paul L. Eckbo & Henry D. Jacoby & James L. Smith, 1978, "Oil Supply Forecasting: A Disaggregated Process Approach," Bell Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, volume 9, issue 1, pages 218-235, Spring.

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