The increasing dependence of European Union member countries on imported oil and gas has led to concerns about energy supply and security.  At the same time the share of clean energy in Europe’s energy consumption basket is increasing due to environmental issues. About a quarter of all energy consumption in the EU is natural gas, and most EU member states import almost all of their energy resou...

While most literature on natural resource curse highlight its effect on the growth rate and the level of income, this paper shifts the focus toward the effect of oil dependence on the distribution of income in oil-rich developing countries (includiong Iran and 18 other countries). Moreover, the paper studies the impact of institutional quality and the interaction effect of different institution...

The oil price and the real effective exchange rate (REER) are two important variables affecting OPEC countries politics and economy. Despite the fact that the existing theoretical literature confirms the relationship between oil price and the exchange rate (Dollar), there is no consensus about the direction of causality between these two variable. Also, statistical data shows that there is a sy...

Since the national wealth of oil-rich countries including Iran is connected to petroleum resources, these countries attempt to make their fiscal regimes and licensing system more attractive to international oil companies and investors. On the oil company side risks and uncertainties in oil and gas exploration and production are important challenges when deciding between different projects. This...

This study identifies affecting determinants in the marketing of Iranian crude oil. The research methodology is qualitative and quantitative simultaneously. The statistical sample includes experts, senior and executive managers, marketing directors, and the Information Systems Department of the National Iranian Oil Company. Data is collected through qualitative interviews and quantitative quest...

Forecasting crude oil price volatility is an important issues in risk management. The historical course of oil price volatility indicates the existence of a cluster pattern. Therefore, GARCH models are used to model and more accurately predict oil price fluctuations. The purpose of this study is to identify the best GARCH model with the best performance in different time horizons. To achieve th...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of the Covid-19 outbreak crisis on the exchange rate with emphasis on oil price changes in the period of 2020/02/19 - 2020/12/20 on a daily basis. Markov switching approach has been used to estimate the pattern. The results show that the Covid-19 crisis and the growth of the number of patients alone do not have a significant effect on the ...