Browsing by Subject "Oil"
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Cuban-Russian Relations in the 21st Century: Oil and Geopolitics
(2015)This thesis examines how the recent discovery of massive oil reserves off the coast of Cuba has driven a resurgence of Cuban-Russian relations in the 21st century. The first chapter demonstrates how the Russian government ... -
Non-Taxation and Representation: an Essay on Distribution, Redistribution, and Regime Stability in the Modern World
(2007-12-17)Drawing upon formal modeling, cross-national statistical analysis, and in-depth case studies, this dissertation explores the relationship between patterns of government revenue generation and political regime stability. ... -
POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF NATIONALIZATION OF OIL AND NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY IN LATIN AMERICA
(2007-05)Nationalization is a particular type of organizational structure where the state or nation controls the industry as opposed to private companies or multinational organizations. If one imagines a continuum of organizational ... -
Talisman’s Sudanese Oil Investment: The Historical Context Surrounding Its Entry, Departure, and Controversial Tenure
(2007-04-16)Oil is a driving force. It drives our cars, subways, planes, trains, and boats, our entire transportation system. It drives our economy and investments and our role in international affairs. It drives up our gas prices. ... -
The Water-Energy Nexus for Hydraulic Fracturing
(2019)The water energy nexus represents the intersection of water use, energy production, electricity generation, and waste generation and disposal. The rapid rise of unconventional natural gas and oil production through the combined ... -
UNITIZATION OF OIL RESERVES IN ALASKA AND THE SUPPLY ELASTICITY OF A COMMON POOL RESOURCE
(2012-04-16)Unitization, a common but not omnipresent policy that is lauded in both the economics and environmental worlds for its efficiency, attempts to solve the “tragedy of the commons” common pool failure of oil production by creating ...
