International Oil Companies and Host States: A New Bargaining Model

OGEL 5 (2011),
in Geopolitics of Energy

Vivoda, Vlado

Abstract

This paper establishes a model for analyzing the dynamics of the host state-international oil company (IOC) bargaining relationship. Theoretically, the model advances our ability to investigate bargaining dynamics between host states, oil companies and other stakeholders in the oil industry. It is a mechanism which simplifies the complex array of relationships and bargains within which the host state-IOC bargaining relationship is nested. The model builds on and leverages the key contributions of earlier bargaining models. It enables us to integrate relevant ideas from existing ...



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V. Vivoda; "International Oil Companies and Host States: A New Bargaining Model"
OGEL 5 (2011), www.ogel.org

URL: www.ogel.org/article.asp?key=3174