Study of optimum incentive mechanism based on principal-agent theory for petroleum licence Online publication date: Wed, 23-Dec-2015
by Xinhua Qiu; Zhen Wang
International Journal of Revenue Management (IJRM), Vol. 8, No. 3/4, 2015
Abstract: Government take of oil producing country can be enhanced by optimising the incentive mechanism of petroleum fiscal system. This paper establishes a principal-agent model to improve the production sharing contract (PSC), which is the most popular fiscal regime in hydrocarbon exploitation. It also conducts a numerical analysis to achieve the optimum fiscal design and applies the new model into a deep-water petroleum contract of China. The application results show that the expected income of host government increases by 18% compared with the old fiscal system.
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