OPEC and demand response to crude oil prices assignment
Question 1: Describe oil markets structure, conduct, and performance.
Question 2: Explain OPEC and its role in global oil market.
Questions 3: What is the goal of OPEC? Does it profit-maximize? Explain.
Question 4: Why price elasticity of demand for crude oil is a useful information?
Question 5: Describe the literature on price elasticity of crude oil demand. How is Genc (2017) different than the literature. What is the contribution of this paper?
Question 6: Explain the methodology employed to estimate the price elasticity for oil.
Question 7: What is the price response rate (elasticity) before and after the recent economic/financial crisis? Interpret these
response rates. What do they tell to OPEC?
Question 8: What is the takeaway message of the paper?
OPEC and demand response to crude oil prices