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Higher Oil Prices May Not Meaningfully Boost Oklahoma’s Broader Economy
The Iran conflict has significantly curtailed global oil supply, causing a sharp increase in prices. This edition of Oklahoma Economist examines how elevated oil prices may affect the state’s economy. It finds that higher prices have boosted oil and gas firms’ profits, but several factors may limit broader economic gains for Oklahoma.
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Effects of State Taxation on Investment: Evidence from the Oil Industry
We provide theoretical and empirical evidence that firms do not in general respond equally to changes in prices and taxes in the setting of oil well drilling in the United States. Our key theoretical contribution is that in a multi-state model, a change in output price changes both the benefit and opportunity cost of drilling, whereas a change in a state tax rate only changes the benefit of drilling in that state. Thus, a firm responds more to a change in tax than a change in price. Our econometric results support this theoretical prediction. We find that a one dollar per barrel increase in ...