Commodity Supply Restrictions Study: A Framework for Analyzing Commodity Supply Restrictions.

摘要

The study addresses commodity supply crises due to producer country export policies, and considers the issue of resource exhaustion only as it relates to this problem. The primary concern is with economic impacts and policies. Crises in commodity supplies may well have political impacts, but detailed treatment of such effects is beyond the scope of the study. Possible political and diplomatic constraints on U.S. policies are considered, but the primary concern is with economic impacts. The basic analytical approach is that of the applied microeconomist working in a supply and demand framework. This framework allows the use of available qualitative economic, econometric and engineering information. There has been no use of mathematical programming or input-output techniques as it is believed that the techniques employed are sufficient.