VOL. XXXII
NO. 7
21-NOVEMBER-1988
GENERAL
New Study Focuses on Implicit Criteria for Quota Allocation
Although OPEC's attempts to find a "scientific" formula forallocating production quotas have foundered on disagreements over what factors(such as population, capacity, reserves and historical production) should begiven greater weight, a new study by John Gault, Bahman Karboussian, CharlesSpierer and Jean-Luc Bertholet* suggests that there is an implicit logic behindOPEC's actual quota allocations...
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