ABSTRACT

The Community of Oil Exporting Countries (1972) looks at the oil producing countries of the developing world and their economic reliance on oil. This reliance comes with an unwillingness to leave their economic fate to the vagaries of competition, leading to co-operative schemes that protect them from trade receipt fluctuations. This book is a close reading of the situation, and the resulting co-operative efforts.

chapter Chapter 1|18 pages

The Problem and its Setting

chapter Chapter 2|34 pages

The Protagonists, and the Oligopoly Model

chapter Chapter 3|26 pages

Co-Operation Among Oil Exporting Countries

chapter Chapter 4|16 pages

Institutional Aspects of OPEC and OAPEC

chapter Chapter 5|26 pages

The Joint Regulation of Production

chapter Chapter 6|20 pages

Bargaining for Economic Benefits: Government Revenues

chapter Chapter 7|39 pages

Bargaining for Economic Benefits: Terms of Trade

chapter Chapter 8|23 pages

The Future of Co-Operative Effort