counties. Rich countries take advantage poor countries in order to gain good returns. The process occurs through multinational companies who goes to poor countries and buy their factor endowment at cheaper prices and sell at higher prices. An example OPEC (Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries) act as joint venture uses Nigeria to extract crude oil earning billion of dollars from it and “leave the residents of the area like horse manure.” (www.nigeria-planet.com). U.S imports about 10% of Nigerian
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Executive Summary What affect does the price of oil and gas have on the economy? How does this affect the daily lives of the entire population? The preceding questions are the basis for the enclosed report. The primary objective of this report is to give a few reasons as to what causes prices of oil and prices of gas to rise. Among these reasons‚ speculation of things that may or may not happen‚ like a terrorist strike‚ is one of the leading factors. Another reason for the continued rise in
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crude oil prices. The paper reviews the statistical behavior of oil prices‚ relates these to the predictions of theory‚ and looks in detail at key features of petroleum demand and supply. Topics discussed include the role of commodity speculation‚ OPEC‚ and resource depletion. The paper concludes that although scarcity rent made a negligible contribution to the price of oil in 1997‚ it may be an important feature of the
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Introduction The ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict that began after the land that was formerly known as Palestine‚ had been taken away to create a Zionist state known as Israel that declared its independence on May 14‚ 1948‚ has lead to many different kinds of events between Arab countries and Israel in the past and until the day today. One of the events that had become a huge issue in the past was the oil crisis in 1973‚ which will be the main issue on how and why it caused the unstable relationship
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STUDY OF MACROECONOMIC FACtors On BSE SENSEX DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY A MINOR PROJECT REPORT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE IN
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Mbendi (2012) reveals that Nigeria is the 10th largest oil producer in the world‚ the 3rd largest in Africa and the lost prolific oil producer in Sub-Saharan Africa; Nigeria is also a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). The oil industry in Nigeria is regulated by the Ministry of Petroleum Resources who retains close control over the industry and activities of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The Federal Government of Nigeria‚ as reported by
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Table of Contents 1. Historical Background to Venezuela’s Oil 1.1. Before the discovery of oil 1.2. Oil is found 1.3. Oil as a major government issue 1.4. Where is the oil-revenue spent to? 2. Consequences of Oil Dependency on the Economy 2.1. Introduction 2.2. Oil dependence and the Economy 2.2.1. Oil Price 2.2.2. Currency 2.2.3. Other Sectors of the Economy & Overall Economic Growth 2.2.4. Impact on Society 3. Effects of Oil Dependence on Importing
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prices on the world market. Most recently‚ the threat of Israel to attack Iran also contributed to the geopolitical tensions that led to the rise in oil prices. Strong demand from countries such as China and India‚ in addition to the refusal of the OPEC countries to increase oil production levels significantly‚ also one of the main causes that lead to higher oil prices. The situation is exacerbated by the actions of speculators in the oil market in international financial centers such as New York
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B. Answers to Short-Answer‚ Essays‚ and Problems 1. What are the major features of monopolistic competition compared to pure competition and pure monopoly? In monopolistic competition‚ there are a relatively large number of firms‚ not the thousands of firms as in pure competition. The monopolistically competitive firms produce differentiated products‚ not the standardized products of pure competition. Product differentiation means that monopolistic competitors engage in some price competition
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CHAPTER 25 Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly Topic Question numbers ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Monopolistic competition: definition; characteristics 1-17 2. Demand curve 18-24 3. Price-output behavior 25-78 4. Efficiency aspects 79-88 5. Oligopoly: definition; characteristics 89-112 6. Concentration ratio; Herfindahl Index 113-140 7. Game theory 141-156 8. Kinked-demand curve model 157-176
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