Economists have had much to say about the impact of economic policies on growth, but little on their distributional consequences and poverty impact. The reorientation of development policy from structural adjustment to poverty reduction as the central objective thus called for new tools to...

This paper provides an overview of social and environmental management practices in the oil and gas industry. It outlines the evolution of international oil companies' approaches over the last 20 years, reviews what social and environmental management amongst such companies means in practice,...

There has been a widespread displacement of coal by natural gas as space heating and cooking technology in Turkey in the last two decades, triggered by the deployment of natural gas networks. In this paper, we examine the impact of this development on mortality among adults and the elderly. Our...

Die vorliegende Studie widmet sich der wirtschaftlichen Bedeutung der Erdgasbranche in Deutschland. Es zeigt sich, dass die direkte Bedeutung der Branche für Beschäftigung und Wertschöpfung auf gesamtwirtschaftlicher Ebene zwar eher gering ist, die indirekten und die induzierten Effekte...

Oil and gas exploration companies (E&Ps) exhibit large variations in earnings due to volatile oil and gas prices. Furthermore, their primary asset, oil and gas reserves, is accumulated through highly risky exploration activities. In contrast, integrated oil and gas companies display lower...

Introduction -- Theoretical framework: interdependence theory -- Energy interdependence as a challenge -- Growing global energy demand -- EU-debates on reducing gas dependency and EU-Russia relations -- Turkey's energy dependency and role in the southern gas corridor -- Energy as a factor in the...

Shale Boom: The Barnett Shale Boom in North Texas is a study of the opening up of the Barnett Shale to enormous gas production and how that led to an urban gas drilling boom in the Fort Worth metroplex.

Introduction: A new era of gas -- The transforming global gas sector -- The politics and commerce of American LNG exports -- Russia and Gazprom: the politics of supply -- Europe: the politics of dependence transformed -- The politics of transit: Ukraine and Belarus -- The politics of isolated...

Petrochemicals play a vital role in the economy. The products of the industry are the building blocks in many industries including polymers, synthetic rubber, synthetic fibres, fibre intermediates and basic chemicals. The industry uses a variety of hydrocarbon feedstock such as different cuts of...

This paper studies financial statement information from the 50 largest international oil and gas companies during 1992 to 2011 and evaluates their relation to market values. In particular, we examine how this relationship is affected by accounting method choice (successful efforts versus full...