Add to ORKGThe boom and bust in energy prices experienced recently has its parallels in the boom and bust of energy prices in the 1970s and 1980s. The earlier boom period saw the Government of Alberta struggle with restraining spending and so became heavily dependent on high energy prices. When in 1986 energy prices crashed the government suff ered a string of large defi cits that was followed by draconian cuts to spending. From 2000 to 2008 the government enjoyed another boom in energy prices and again found it diffi cult to restrain spending. The recent crash in energy prices threatens the government with repea ng the earlier experience of defi cits followed by drama c spending cuts. As it prepares its 2009 budget the government has an opportunity to le...
Social planners in most western countries will be facing two long-lasting challenges in the next yea...
THE ENERGY BOOM AND INCOME GROWTH In the last decade, both rich and poor households in Alberta en...
The energy debaTe is full of controversy. Whether it is about the pros and cons of renewable energy,...
The boom and bust in energy prices experienced recently has its parallels in the boom and bust of en...
Albertans could be easily tempted to view the province’s abundant natural resources as an unmitigate...
The economic crisis of 2008 brought uncertainty to all markets. As credit markets experienced growin...
On March 7, 2022 — in response to rapidly rising crude oil and gas prices (and therefore utility cos...
This briefing note uses a newly completed time series on the government of Alberta’s finances to pre...
Over the last half-century, the Alberta government has been heavily reliant on non-renewable resourc...
Some issues seem to emerge with speed leaving everyone, including government, struggling to keep up....
In every energy crisis the U.S. has faced—beginning with the first crisis in 1973—we have seen a com...
Not to be quoted without the authors ’ permission. The views expressed in this paper are those of th...
Written in the early 1980s, author I.A. McDougall shows that as an import-dependent country, Canada ...
A significant change in trends regarding energy prices (in particular oil) has taken place in 2003 a...
Whether new energy alternatives can compete over the next few decades depends on the price of fuels....
Social planners in most western countries will be facing two long-lasting challenges in the next yea...
THE ENERGY BOOM AND INCOME GROWTH In the last decade, both rich and poor households in Alberta en...
The energy debaTe is full of controversy. Whether it is about the pros and cons of renewable energy,...
The boom and bust in energy prices experienced recently has its parallels in the boom and bust of en...
Albertans could be easily tempted to view the province’s abundant natural resources as an unmitigate...
The economic crisis of 2008 brought uncertainty to all markets. As credit markets experienced growin...
On March 7, 2022 — in response to rapidly rising crude oil and gas prices (and therefore utility cos...
This briefing note uses a newly completed time series on the government of Alberta’s finances to pre...
Over the last half-century, the Alberta government has been heavily reliant on non-renewable resourc...
Some issues seem to emerge with speed leaving everyone, including government, struggling to keep up....
In every energy crisis the U.S. has faced—beginning with the first crisis in 1973—we have seen a com...
Not to be quoted without the authors ’ permission. The views expressed in this paper are those of th...
Written in the early 1980s, author I.A. McDougall shows that as an import-dependent country, Canada ...
A significant change in trends regarding energy prices (in particular oil) has taken place in 2003 a...
Whether new energy alternatives can compete over the next few decades depends on the price of fuels....
Social planners in most western countries will be facing two long-lasting challenges in the next yea...
THE ENERGY BOOM AND INCOME GROWTH In the last decade, both rich and poor households in Alberta en...
The energy debaTe is full of controversy. Whether it is about the pros and cons of renewable energy,...