Oil-Futures Markets
| Autor: | Robert Weiner, William G. Prast, Howard L. Lax |
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| Rok vydání: | 1983 |
| Předmět: |
Government
Public Administration Sociology and Political Science business.industry Investment (macroeconomics) General Business Management and Accounting chemistry.chemical_compound Market economy chemistry Petroleum industry Multinational corporation Economics Petroleum Forward market Energy source business Futures contract |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 3:141 |
| ISSN: | 0276-8739 |
| DOI: | 10.2307/3324020 |
| Popis: | The book is divided into four parts: I. Commodity Futures Markets; II. International Petroleum; Traders and Markets; III. Oil Futures Markets; IV. International Issues; with 16 chapters and 10 appendices covering prices and specimen futures contracts. It is an introduction to the ways of the world petroleum industry and the ins and outs of the commodities trading systems. It is designed to introduce the theory and practice of oil future to a wide audience. The chapters are detailed descriptions of the institutions, the processes and the consequences of futures trading with historical descriptions of the emergence of the activity and the strategy behind it. There are chapters on multinational oil firms and on the formation of OPEC, and a chapter on why are there Futures Markets. In addition, there are chapters on each of the principal exchanges, government stockpiling and the international energy agency. |
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