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Policy responses to oil disruption risks: an analytical overview

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5499265
This paper examines the state of the art in policy analysis of oil security issues. Throughout the paper, emphasis is placed on private sector responses to oil disruption risks, the implications of these responses for effective public policy, and the distinction between market failures which give rise to a role for government intervention and unavoidable disruption costs. Specific topics addressed in the paper include recent developments in the analysis of US stockpile policy, the implications of macroeconomic disruption costs for stockpile and tariff policy, and the international dimensions of oil security issues. 68 refs., 4 figs.
Research Organization:
Resources for the Future, Inc., Washington, DC (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC01-80PE70267
OSTI ID:
5499265
Report Number(s):
DOE/PE/70267-T23; ON: DE85016781
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English