摘要
随着中国石油消费的快速增长,从中东进口的原油量逐年增加,"亚洲溢价"对中国经济的影响也越来越大。中东原油的"亚洲溢价"现象的实质是价格歧视。本文运用价格歧视理论对"亚洲溢价"问题进行了深入分析,发现亚洲对中东原油的需求价格弹性较小,中东国家通过"目的地限制"和"禁止转售"条款实现市场的有效分割,从而可以通过价格歧视来实现垄断利润。
With the rapid growth of China＇s oil consumption, the amount of crude oil imported from the Middle East has increased year by year. The ＂Asian premium＂ has serious impact on China＇s economy. The es- sence of ＂Asian premium＂ problem is price discrimination. This paper adopted price discrimination theory to ana- lyze the reason of ＂Asian premium＂ . The analysis found that the Asian demand for crude oil in the Middle East has a smaller price elasticity. The Middle Eastern countries achieve market segmentation by setting destination re- striction and resale prohibition terms in the trade contract. Therefore, The Middle Eastern countries could a- chieve monopoly profits through price discrimination.
出处
《亚太经济》
CSSCI
北大核心
2013年第1期45-49,共5页
Asia-Pacific Economic Review
关键词
价格歧视
原油贸易
价格弹性
市场分割
price discrimination
oil trade
price elasticity
market segmentation
