Optimal Oil Production and the World Supply of Oil /

We study the optimal oil extraction strategy and the value of an oil field using a multiple real option approach. The numerical method is flexible enough to solve a model with several state variables, to discuss the effect of risk aversion, and to take into account uncertainty in the size of reserve...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Aleksandrov, Nikolay
Other Authors: Espinoza, Raphael, Gyurko, lajos
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2012.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2012/294
Online Access:Full text available on IMF