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Item Open Access An Evaluation of forecasting models of Alberta residential electricity demand(1987) Hazard, Tina J.; MacFadyen, Alan J.Item Embargo Canadian residential and commercial natural gas demand model(1974) Hansen, Brenda J.; MacFadyen, Alan J.Item Open Access Cheating on quotas in OPEC: an exploratory study(2004) Ayub, Syed Shazad; MacFadyen, Alan J.OPEC reviews production quotas at least twice a year. The quotas are revised after looking at the current market conditions and the existing price and they are set after taking into consideration a specific target price band. OPEC expects its members to follow the assigned quotas. However this does not always happen. In fact during most of its history, total production levels have been greater then the total member quotas i.e. most or all OPEC members have been "cheating" on their quotas. Why do OPEC members cheat on their production quotas when the production quotas have, presumably, been set as to maximize OPEC profits? Are there some specific factors which affect a country's decision to over-produce? Is Saudi Arabia still using the tit-for-tat strategy as an enforcement mechanism to maintain cartel discipline? These are some of the questions that this thesis will address. The application of the economic theory of oligopolies to OPEC is reviewed. The analysis then proceeds to use regression analysis to examine possible influences on the percentage differences between actual output and quotas for 10 of the 11 OPEC members, using annual data from 1987 to 2001.Item Embargo Development costs of Alberta crude oil, 1962-1972(1974) Pieuk, Clare Lawrence; MacFadyen, Alan J.Item Embargo Economics and taxation of the Newfoundland offshore oil play(1987) Bielecki, Janusz; MacFadyen, Alan J.Item Open Access Enhanced oil recovery: incorporating optimal timing effects of reservoir development into supply analysis(1984) Ruitenbeek, H. Jack (Herman Jack), 1958-; MacFadyen, Alan J.Item Open Access Estimation of student loan duration(1996) van der Wal, Annemarije A.; MacFadyen, Alan J.Item Embargo Factor requirements for Canadian trade(1972) Benoit, Randolph Edward; MacFadyen, Alan J.Item Embargo Field pricing of natural gas in Alberta: 1955-1971(1972) McFadyen, Hector John; MacFadyen, Alan J.Item Embargo LNG and the Nigerian gas market: an economic analysis(1982) Ufoegbune, Ugo Cyprian, 1929-; MacFadyen, Alan J.Item Metadata only Load management for electrical utilities(1982) Sumner, Brian D.; MacFadyen, Alan J.Item Embargo Non-neutral taxation and Alberta's bitumen resource development(1983) McDonald, Michael D. (Michael Dean), 1951-; MacFadyen, Alan J.Item Embargo Oil supply - a 'play' orientated model(1979) Foat, Kenneth D.; MacFadyen, Alan J.Item Open Access Operating costs at the well level for natural gas wells in Alberta(2000) Foss, Matthew; MacFadyen, Alan J.Item Embargo Petroleum financing: availability of external capital(1980) Craig, Bruce A.; MacFadyen, Alan J.Item Open Access Petroleum leasing contracts and uncertainty(1978) Hyde, Bob; MacFadyen, Alan J.Item Open Access Petropolitics: Petroleum Development, Markets and Regulations, Alberta as an Illustrative History(University of Calgary Press, 2014) MacFadyen, Alan J.; Watkins, G. CampbellThe importance of energy to the functioning of any economy has meant that energy industries are amongst the most regulated of industries. What might appear to be purely private decisions are made within a complex and evolving web of government regulations. This book provides an economic history of the petroleum industry in Alberta as well as a detailed analysis of the operation of the markets for Alberta oil and natural gas, and the main governmental regulations (apart from environmental regulations) faced by the industry. The tools used within this study are applicable to oil and gas industries throughout the world.Item Embargo Price and profit regulation: the case of Alberta Gas Trunkline(1983) Emes, Deborah, 1951-; MacFadyen, Alan J.Item Open Access Quantifying the preference intensities associated with physical tasks(2002) Rosnau, Lucas J. W.; MacFadyen, Alan J.What can be inferred about a commuter's preferences over the physical tasks of walking, standing, and sitting using a hybrid of experimental and contingent valuation methodologies? This research addresses the question of whether there exists a valid and reliable dollar-measure of preference intensities for walking, standing, and sitting. Data was collected from over 100 participants; they participated in an experiment involving actual money tradeoffs and physical consequences (walking, standing, or sitting) for choices. The experiment is noteworthy for trying to distil a dollar-measure for preferences over tasks independent of the inherent time-costs associated with those tasks.Item Embargo Sulfur-density differentials of crude oil: a linear programming analysis(1981) Streifel, Shane S.; MacFadyen, Alan J.