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Coping with Oil Price Volatility

Oil is important in every economy; when its prices are high and volatile, governments feel compelled to intervene. Because there can be large costs associated with such interventions, reserve banks, central planning institutions, and think tanks in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Bacon, Robert, Kojima, Masami
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ADVERSE EFFECTS APPROACH AVAILABILITY AVERAGE PRICES BALANCE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BARRELS OF OIL BEHAVIOR OF PRICES BUDGET SURPLUS BUYER CASH FLOW COAL COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICES CONSUMER GOODS CONSUMER PRICE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX COPYRIGHT COST INCREASES CRUDE OIL CRUDE OIL PRICE DATA AVAILABILITY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DIESEL DISTRIBUTION OF OIL DOMESTIC OIL DOMESTIC PRICE DOMESTIC PRICES ECONOMIC EFFECTS EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT END USERS ENERGY CONSERVATION ENERGY DEMAND ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY POLICIES ENERGY PRICE ENERGY SOURCES EQUAL SHARES EXCHANGE RATE EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES FINANCIAL ASSETS FISCAL POLICY FOOD PRICES FOREIGN EXCHANGE FUEL FUEL PRICES FUEL TYPE FUELS FUTURE PRICE FUTURE PRICES FUTURES GAS GASOLINE GASOLINE PRICES GOVERNMENT BUDGET GOVERNMENT REVENUE GRAPHICS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HYDROCARBONS HYDROPOWER INCOME INCOME GROUPS INDIVIDUAL FIRMS INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES INSTITUTION INTERNATIONAL MARKET INVESTMENT DECISION KEROSENE LOCAL CURRENCIES LOCAL CURRENCY MACROECONOMIC POLICY MARGIN ACCOUNT MARKET PRICE MATERIAL NATURAL GAS NATURAL GAS PRICES NUCLEAR POWER OIL OIL CONSUMPTION OIL EXPORTER OIL EXPORTERS OIL MARKETS OIL PRICE OIL PRICES OIL PRODUCERS OIL PRODUCTS OIL SUPPLY OIL USE OUTPUT OUTPUTS PETROLEUM PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES PETROLEUM GAS PORTFOLIO PRICE BANDS PRICE BEHAVIOR PRICE CHANGES PRICE CONTROLS PRICE FLUCTUATIONS PRICE FORECAST PRICE INCREASE PRICE INCREASES PRICE INFORMATION PRICE LEVEL PRICE LEVELS PRICE MOVEMENTS PRICE OF OIL PRICE SERIES PRICE SPIKES PRICE TREND PRICE TRENDS PRICE UNCERTAINTY PRICE VARIATION PRICE VARIATIONS PRICE VOLATILITY PRICING POLICY PRICING STRATEGY PRIMARY ENERGY RATE OF RETURN REGULAR GASOLINE RENEWABLE ENERGY RESERVE BANKS RESIDUAL FUEL RESIDUAL FUEL OIL RESULT RESULTS SALE SALES SAVINGS SELLING PRICE SELLING PRICES SMALL COUNTRIES SPOT PRICE SPOT PRICES STOCKS SUBSTITUTES SURPLUS TAX TIME PERIOD TIME PERIODS VOLATILE PRICES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/08/9780518/coping-oil-price-volatility http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17539

Coping with Oil Price Volatility

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