Theory, Policy, and Resource Cartels
The Case of Opec
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6284516 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Davis B Bobrow (Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland), Robert T Kudrle (University of Minnesota) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-56 |
| Publication date | 1976-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002200277602000101 |
| OpenAlex | W2103201040 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 40 |
Our choice of theoretical perspectives to apply to resource cartels seriously affects the questions we ask, the predictions we make, and the policy suggestions we draw. In this paper we examine the implications (and the limitations) of five perspectives for the analysis of resource cartels in general and the Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries (OPEC) in particular: the theory of cartels; the theory of depletable resources; coalition theory; internal politics approaches; and the theory of collective action. Three classes of actors are considered-exporting producers, importing consumers, and multinational resource exploitation firms. We gain in realism by proceeding from simple to more complicated situations by including political concerns, bureaucratic divisions, and the prospect of military coercion. Yet, we do so at the price of rigorous deductive frameworks with clear and coherent predictions
Bureaucracy · Cartel · Coercion (linguistics · Collective action · Collusion · Economic system · Economics · Game theory · Industrial organization · Microeconomics · Multinational corporation · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Realism · Resource (disambiguation · Computer Science · Global Energy and Sustainability Research · Global Energy Security and Policy · Law · Natural Resources and Economic Development
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 1978 - 2025 (48) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |