Mitigating vulnerability to high and volatile oil prices : : power sector experience in Latin America and the Caribbean / / Rigoberto Ariel Yepez-Garcia, Julie Dana
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Yepez-Garcia Rigoberto Ariel
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| Titolo: |
Mitigating vulnerability to high and volatile oil prices : : power sector experience in Latin America and the Caribbean / / Rigoberto Ariel Yepez-Garcia, Julie Dana
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| Pubblicazione: | Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | pages cm |
| Disciplina: | 338.2/3282098 |
| Soggetto topico: | Petroleum products - Prices - Latin America |
| Petroleum products - Prices - Caribbean Area | |
| Energy consumption - Latin America | |
| Energy consumption - Caribbean Area | |
| Energy policy - Latin America | |
| Energy policy - Caribbean Area | |
| Altri autori: |
DanaJulie <1969->
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Units of Measure; Executive Summary; Oil Price Evolution and Risk Exposure; Figures; ES.1 Oil Trade Balance as a Percentage of GDP; Who Bears the Risk Burden?; Reducing Short-Term Price Uncertainty; Reducing Oil Consumption over the Long Run; What Can Be Done; How Much Can It Help?; Tables; ES.1 Overlapping Time Frames for Implementing Alternatives to Manage Oil Price Volatility; Chapter 1 Introduction; Effects of High and Volatile Oil Prices; 1.1 Evolution of WTI Oil Prices and Volatility, 2000-12; Study Background and Objective |
| Structure of This ReportNotes; References; Chapter 2 Economic Effects of High and Volatile Oil Prices; Effects of High Oil Prices; Effects of Oil Price Volatility; What Is the Risk Distribution?; 2.1 Pricing, Utility Ownership, and Stakeholder Relationships; 2.1 Distribution Scenarios of Higher Energy Costs; Boxes; 2.1 Reducing the Cost Burden of Subsidies; Summary Remarks; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Economic Indicators of Vulnerability: Analysis of Latin America and the Caribbean; Oil Trade Dynamics; 3.1 Country and Subregional Comparisons of Oil Imports as Share of GDP | |
| 3.2 Ratio of Net Oil Imports or Exports to GDP in LAC Countries3.3 Comparisons of Primary Energy Supply by Source, 2008; Oil Exporter versus Importer; 3.1 Regional Energy Cooperation for Socioeconomic Development; 3.1 Oil Imports in Central America, 2006-08; 3.2 Oil Expenditure as Share of GDP in Central America, 2006-08; Dynamics of Oil Price Hikes and Subsidies; 3.4 Growth Effect Comparisons from Higher Oil Prices in Latin America and the Caribbean; 3.3 Macroeconomic Effects of Higher Oil Prices in Selected Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean | |
| 3.4 Change in Energy Subsidies in Central America, 2007-08Summary Remarks; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Managing Oil Price Dynamics in the Power Sector: Experience in Latin America and the Caribbean; Oil-Dependent Energy Mix and Cost of Power Generation; Distribution of Costs and Risks; 4.1 Electricity Generation Mix in Selected Countries and Regions, 2007; 4.1 Oil Price Exposure in Guatemala; 4.2 Impact of Oil Price Changes on Power Generation Costs, 2006; 4.1 Electricity Market Structure in Central America and the Caribbean | |
| 4.2 Majority Ownership of Power Utilities in Countries of Central America and the CaribbeanEconomic Impacts on the Sector; 4.2 Subsidies and Fiscal Vulnerability in Honduras; 4.3 Pricing Policy Trade-Offs in Guyana; 4.4 Peru's Oil Stabilization Fund; Summing Up; Note; Reference; Chapter 5 Price Risk Management Instruments; Overview of Instruments; 5.1 Overview of Selected Hedging Instruments: Advantages and Disadvantages; Risk Assessment; 5.1 Prices of WTI Crude Oil, Heating Oil, and HFO, 2001-10; Hedging Possibilities for Power Market Agents | |
| 5.1 Hedging Natural Gas for Mexican Generators and Final Consumers | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book addresses the need of oil-importing countries to mitigate vulnerability to oil price volatility. It offers financial instruments to manage price risk, complemented by structural measures designed to reduce oil consumption. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Mitigating vulnerability to high and volatile oil prices |
| ISBN: | 9786613693440 |
| 9781280783050 | |
| 1280783052 | |
| 9780821395783 | |
| 0821395785 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910970597703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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