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Center for Energy Studies | Working Paper

The Role of Foreign Direct Investment in Resource-Rich Regions: Research Protocol and Executive Summary

The authors explore the history of the resource curse and provide summarize the working paper series titled “The Role of…

February 24, 2020

Center for Energy Studies | Working Paper

The Collapse of the Venezuelan Oil Industry: The Role of Above-Ground Risks Limiting FDI

Venezuela, which has one of the largest hydrocarbon endowments in the world, offers a striking case study on the resource…

February 24, 2020

Center for Energy Studies | Working Paper

Confronting the Resource Curse: Advice for Investors and Partners

In this working paper, the authors suggest that companies must strive for transparent frameworks, political neutrality and a…

February 24, 2020

Center for Energy Studies | Working Paper

Shale Renders the ‘Obsolescing Bargain’ Obsolete: Political Risk and Foreign Investment in Argentina’s Vaca Muerta

The authors evaluate Argentina’s energy sector and test the hypothesis that investments in tight oil and shale gas…

February 24, 2020

Center for Energy Studies | Working Paper

The Case of the Gulf Cooperation Council

Governments in the Gulf Cooperation Council have used oil revenues to provide infrastructure to promote welfare, such as…

February 24, 2020

Center for Energy Studies | Working Paper

The Geopolitics of FDI: Can Weak States Deter Hegemons Using Foreign Investment?

Energy fellow Jim Krane investigates the strategy of “security through investment,” in which states deliberately use foreign…

February 24, 2020

Center for Energy Studies | Working Paper

Resource Curse Dynamics, the Corporate License to Operate and the Potential of Direct Cash Dividends

To avoid the resource curse, nonresident fellow Todd Moss proposes a direct cash dividend to drive macroeconomic benefit…

February 24, 2020

Center for Energy Studies | Working Paper

Japan’s FDI to the Middle East Energy Sectors: The Objectives, Outcomes and Implications

The author highlights the historical evolution, outcomes and implications of some of Japan’s most important investments in…

February 24, 2020

Center for Energy Studies | Working Paper

Permian Basin Energy Producers Invest in Community Infrastructure: Motivation, Impacts, and Implications for Corporate Citizenship

Energy fellow Gabriel Collins investigates how some operators in the Permian Basin are unifying their efforts to solve the…

February 24, 2020

Center for Energy Studies | Working Paper

Does Foreign Aid Help or Hurt FDI? That is the Question

Michelle Michot Foss, fellow in energy and minerals, suggests that host governments are often not well positioned to…

February 24, 2020