Petroleum industry and trade

Signed by B.B. Campbell and E.G. Patterson, "members of a committee appointed by the General Council of the Petroleum Producers Union ... ". (Cf. p. 3). FAU Libraries' copy imperfect: pages 17-24 missing.

The primary emphasis of this survey was to sample the
largest corporations within the petroleum industry and to report their
experience in manpower planning . Of special attention was the attempt
to identify different characteristics and uses of manpower planning in
oil companies that are increasing in number of personnel to those that
ore decreasing in number of personnel. Resources include a comprehensive
survey questionnaire, findings from current literature, and
personal experience as a manpower planning specialist within a major
oil company.

Since its inception, the domestic corn ethanol industry in the United States has been dependant on federal subsidies and trade restrictions to keep afloat. Although this political support has allowed the industry to grow, there have been a number of negative externalities as a result, namely the growing demand for corn causing significant increases in the prices of many consumer goods. Despite the fact that consumers are facing rising prices in agricultural and energy markets, ethanol still maintains a level of support around the general American populace that is counterintuitive given its economic reality. In this paper, I contend that much of ethanol's support is maintained through the intentional manipulation of the product's public perception on behalf of politicians and industrial superpowers. I will demonstrate this phenomenon through the use of both Stigler's (1971) and Pelzman's (1976) model of iso-majority.