Johnson, Simon;
Rachel, Lukasz;
Wolfram, Catherine;
(2023)
Design and implementation of the price cap on Russian oil exports.
Journal of Comparative Economics
10.1016/j.jce.2023.06.001.
(In press).
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Abstract
Basic economics teaches that price caps are bad – limiting the price of a good distorts demand and discourages producers from supplying the market. So why did the Biden Administration, led by Janet Yellen, the consummate economist, champion a price cap on oil from Russia after it invaded Ukraine in 2022? The answer is that this price cap, implemented for crude oil in December 2022 and oil products in February 2023, differs significantly from the standard cap discussed in introductory economics classes. This paper explains these differences and describes the first six months this policy has been in existence. We provide background on Russian oil trade and describe the goals, structure, enforcement and economics of the price cap. We review the main concerns and contrast them with the outcomes observed to date.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Design and implementation of the price cap on Russian oil exports |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jce.2023.06.001 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2023.06.001 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of Association for Comparative Economic Studies under a Creative Commons license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Oil, Price cap, Sanctions, War, Energy |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Economics |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10174498 |
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