Working Paper
Crude Oil Price Fluctuations and Saudi Arabian Behaviour
Kiel Working Papers, 1014
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D58
F13
Q40
Key Words
This study seeks to explain why crude oil prices fluctuate, the main cause being the quota regime, which characterises the OPEC agreements. Given that the Saudi oil supply is inelastic in the short term, a shock in the oil market is accommodated by an imm