Auctioned quotas to limit U. S. imports
Journal Article
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· Journal of Petroleum Technology; (USA)
OSTI ID:7261075
- Univ. of Texas (US)
Since the mid-1970's, substantial literature has been written on the existence of a U.S. security premium on imported oil. Such a premium means that with unrestricted trade, the true marginal cost of imported oil exceeds that of domestically produced oil and oil substitutes. This implies that U.S. well-being would be enhanced in the long run if an import fee equal to the premium were imposed to raise the market price of imported oil to the level of its true marginal costs, thus inducing fewer imports and greater self-sufficiency in energy. The purpose of this paper is to show that if such a fee is adopted on security grounds, the appropriate fee must vary with the excess of the marginal costs of supplying U.S. domestic oil or oil substitutes over the world oil price. This paper concludes with an explanation of an automatic device to set and maintain the appropriate fee.
- OSTI ID:
- 7261075
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Petroleum Technology; (USA), Journal Name: Journal of Petroleum Technology; (USA) Vol. 41:12; ISSN JPTJA; ISSN 0022-3522
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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