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Energy Middle East
An Alternative Oil-Pricing Currency and OPEC’s Foreign Assets by Mohammed A. ...
The relationship between oil and the U.S. dollar started with the creation of the oil industry when oil began to be both priced and traded globally in U.S. dollar. The fluctuations in th...
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Geopolitical Factors as a Non-Premium on Oil Prices by Alberto Cisneros-Lavaller
This study analyzes key drivers shaping international oil markets: geopolitical trends that affect energy production and economic fundamentals. Reviewing the evolution of supply and deman...
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Macroeconomic Modeling in an Oil-Exporting Country: The Case of Iran by Abbas...
The critical review undertaken in this paper discusses some of the major deficiencies and the strength of the earlier macroeconometric models (MEMs) constructed for Iran as a typical oil-...
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A Dual-Track Development Strategy for Saudi Arabia by R. Looney
In recent years the “resource curse” phenomenon surrounding oil-rich developing countries has been the focus of much speculation. Is poor economic performance inevitably the cost of reso...
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Education as a Force for Economic Change in an Oil-Based Economy: A Case Stud...
This study examines the current Saudi Arabian education policy and how it is adapting to the future needs of the Kingdom in view of the government’s policy for the private sector to assum...
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Three Decades after the Oil Embargo: Was 1973 Unique? (A. F. Alhajji)
This article investigates whether the October 1973 oil embargo defies the conventional wisdom that economic sanctions fail to achieve their objectives. It summarizes the embargoes of 195...
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Energy Security in a New World Order by Gawdat Bahgat
Oil policy is shaped by economic interests as well as strategic considerations. In response to rising political instability in the Middle East since the early 2000s, major industrialized...
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OPEC Versus Non-OPEC by Sharif Ghalib
The paper addresses the financial prospects of 17 major oil exporters in the context of possible global oil market weakness during the medium-term horizon. That weakness could put renewe...
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A Model for Forecasting and Planning: The Case for Energy Demand in Kuwait (M...
This paper contains a discussion of the Kuwait energy demand model and its simulation under various scenarios. It also discusses the simulation results and their policy implications. Th...
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OPEC: Behavior Cycles, Compliance, & Policy Change (A. Cisneros-Lavaller)
This analysis reviews the recent history of export volumes, prices, and revenues of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). An overview of cyclical trends in the or...
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A Road Bump or Different Highways? The United States and Europe over Iraq and...
This papers looks at the motivations behind the war in Iraq (2003) and how the U.S. government’s interests in Iraq were at odds with those of many European nations. Iraq is a strategic p...
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U.S. Energy Policy and the Invasion of Iraq: Does Oil Matter? (A. F. Alhajji)
This paper examines the claims that the United States invaded Iraq in order to gain access to Iraq’s oil with the intent of securing cheap oil supplies. The author evaluates whether the ...
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Quantitative Measures of Financial-Sector Reform in the Arab Countries by M. ...
The purpose of this paper is to review and analyze the financial-sector reform experience of the Arab countries during the 1990-2000 decade. The author’s analysis distinguishes between t...
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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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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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