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2- ICEED Occasional Papers
Biofuels in Africa: A Pathway to Development? by Tsegay Wolde-Georgis and Mic...
This paper investigates biofuels pathways and the potential outcomes of biofuels development for energy security and poverty alleviation in Africa. It also examines various options for b...
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The New Green Business Model for Investment by Peter Fusaro
This paper examines the emerging markets for environmental financial investment and trading. It evaluates the role of venture capital funds, hedge fund investments, and private equity inv...
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Latin American Geopolitics vs. Energy Parterns: Ideology, Energy Production S...
This paper evaluates the trend in Latin America towards resource nationalism in the energy sector as more left-leaning governments have come to power. It analyzes how compatible or inco...
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Crop Circles in the Desert: The Strange Controversy Over Saudi Oil Production...
This article addresses the controversy that has been raging over the true level of oil production and reserves held in Saudi Arabia. Many advocates of the Peak Oil theory believe that th...
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Hedge Funds Change Energy Trading by Peter C. Fusaro and Gary M. Vasey
This article addresses how hedge funds are changing energy trading and markets. It assesses the scope of hedge fund investments in the energy markets, speculative energy trading, and the...
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Oil Supply Security 2004: Does the Song Remain the Same? by Michael C. Lynch
This article looks at the issue of oil supply security and is based on a presentation given to the International Energy Agency/Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (IEA/OPEC) Sev...
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Oil and the Iraq War of 2003 John Roberts
This article assesses the highly significant consequences for the oil sector of the Iraq War of 2003. It reviews the causes of the Iraq War, provides an estimate of Iraqi oil reserves, a...
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Green Trading: The Next Financial Market by Peter Fusaro
This paper summarizes the ongoing developments of the green trading markets for greenhouse gases, renewable energy credits, and the financial value of energy efficiency. It explores what...
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Hedging Government Oil Price Risk by James A. Daniel
Many governments are heavily exposed to oil price risk, especially those dependent on revenue derived from oil production. For these governments, dealing with large price movements is di...
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Lessons from California's Electricity Crisis by Tapan Munroe & Leslie Baroody
This paper discusses California’s deregulation experience, its economic impact, and implications for other states contemplating deregulation. (This paper by Tapan Munroe and Leslie Barood...
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Energy/Telecommunications Convergence: The Formation and Integration of a New...
This paper focuses on the convergence of the energy and telecommunications markets and the creation of a new value chain that is both integrated and interdependent. The general consensus...
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Energy E-Commerce by Peter C. Fusaro and Jeremy Wilcox
This paper on e-commerce opportunities for energy trading is an analysis assessing developments of electronic trading platforms, both for exchange-traded futures and over-the-counter (OTC...
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Doing Well Be Doing Good? Oil Industry Resonses to Kyoto by Michael C. Lynch
This article, written in 1999, assesses the oil industry’s responses to the Kyoto Protocol and the call for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. The author presents the various str...
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Facing the Elephant: Oil Market Evolution and Future Oil Crises by Michael C....
Although it is unlikely that an oil crisis as severe as those in the 1970s seems to have subsided, this does not mean that there need be no concern about the damage from smaller crises. ...
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"The Iranian Connection": The Geo-Economics of Exporting Central Asian Energy...
This paper looks at the geopolitics and economics of exporting Central Asian energy via Iran. With existing pipelines and access to both the Caspian Sea and Persian Gulf, Iran would seem...
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