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Robert J Weiner Faculty Member
Positions
- Global Management Research Professor, School of Business
- Associate Professor, School of Business
- Professor, School of Business
- Co-Director, MSGC, School of Business 2011 - 2020
- Director, Elliott School of International Affairs 2016 - 2018
- IB Dept. Chairman, International Business , School of Business 2013 - 2016
I am one of a handful of long-time GWSB Professors publishing in ABS-4*, UTD-24 journals. Of the roughly two dozen Tucker/Dean's Scholar awardees in recent years, I am the only one who has been in the school since the 20th century.
Research Areas
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Affiliation
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Publications
selected publications
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academic article
- Leviathan as Foreign Investor: Sovereign Wealth Funds and Geopolitics. Journal of International Business Studies. 2021
- State Ownership and Transparency in Foreign Direct Investment. Journal of International Business Studies. 2018
- Multinational Investment and Voluntary Disclosure: Project-level evidence from the petroleum industry,. Accounting, Organizations, and Society. 2015
- Institutions sans Frontières: International Agreements and Foreign Investment. Journal of International Business Studies. 2014
- Who Bribes?: Evidence from the UN Oil-for-Food Program. Strategic Management Journal. 2012
- Do Managers Carry the Flag? 2010
- Resource Nationalism Meets the Market: Political Risk and the Value of Petroleum Reserves. Journal of International Business Studies. 2010
- Foreign Entry Through Acquisition of Corporate Assets: An Alternative Entry Mode to Greenfield and MA 2008
- Multinationality and Performance: Structural or Spurious Relationship? 2007
- Expanding Oil Supplies. Resources. 2006
- How do International Crises Affect Trade in Oil?. Resources. 2006
- Speculation in International Crises: Report from the Gulf. Journal of International Business Studies. 2005
- Managing Petroleum Fiscal Dependence: Lessons from Venezuela and Mexico. GW Center for Latin American Issues Working Paper. 2001
- Myths and Realities of Derivatives Markets: An International Perspective 1999
- Are International Agreements to Regulate Global Warming Necessary?. Advances in the Economics of Energy and Resources. 1999
- Energy Futures Markets – Myths and Realities. IAEE Newsletter. 1999
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book
- Energy and Environment: Challenges and Opportunities. None. 1994
- Oil Markets in a Turbulent Era. None. 1991
- Oil and Money: Coping with Price Risk Through Financial Markets. None. 1989
- Oil Shock. None. 1984
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chapter
- Speculation in International Crises: Report from the Gulf. Crises and Disruptions in International Business. 2022
- Multinational Corporations, Transfer Prices, and Taxes: Evidence from the U.S. Petroleum Industry. The Economics of Transfer Pricing. 2019
- Energy Security and Foreign Investment: Asian Resource Nationalism in a Political-Economy Mirror. Energy Security in Asia and Eurasia. 2017
- Conflict, and Corruption in International Trade: Who Helped Iraq United Nations Sanctions?. International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption. 2011
- Oil Price Volatility: Supply, Demand, and Speculation. Risk and Uncertainty in the Changing Global Energy Market: Implications for the Gulf. 2004
- Oil Developments in the Former Soviet Union. Energy and Environment: Challenges and Opportunities. 1994
- La degradacion de los recursos naturales y las cuentas nacionales de ingresos. México - Estados Unidos: Energía y Medio Ambiente. 1993
- The Downstream: Buying, Selling, and Using Energy and Nonfuel Minerals. Handbook of Energy and Natural Resource Economics. 1993
- El 'Trading' en el Mercado del Petroleo del Mar del Norte: Las Instituciones Financieras, Las Sogo Shosha y Otros. Economia Industrial. 1992
- Trading Performance in the International Oil Market. Oil Markets in a Turbulent Era. 1991
- Multinazionali, prezzi di trasferimento e imposte: il caso petrolifero americano. Energia. 1990
- Multinational Corporations, Transfer Prices, and Taxes: Evidence from the U.S. Petroleum Industry. Taxation in the Global Economy. 1990
- The WTI Futures Market and the Brent Forward Market: A Comparative Analysis. Oil and Money. 1989
- Household Demand for Natural Gas: Evidence from the Residential Energy Consumption Survey. The Changing World Energy Economy. 1987
- Natural Gas Contracting in Practice: Evidence from the United States. Natural Gas Contracts and Markets. 1987
- Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology. 1987
- Petroleum Regulation and Public Policy. Regulatory Reform. 1986
- Crude Oil Trading and Price Stability. World Energy Markets: Stability or Cyclical Change. 1985
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conference paper
- Do the Tough Get Going When the Going Gets Tough?: The Political Economy of Foreign Direct Investment and Divestment 2021
- Event Studies in International Business: Research Questions and Methods 2020
- Uncertain Principals, Opaque Agents? Elections and State-owned MNE Disclosure 2020
- DISCLOSURE REGULATION AND COMPETITION BETWEEN MULTINATIONAL DOMESTIC ACQUIRORSWho Gains from Transparency 2019
- Political Environment Influences on SOE Executives’ Internationalization Decision 2019
- Information Asymmetry as Liability of Foreignness: Do Foreign Multinationals Gain from Host-Country Transparency Regulation? 2018
- Leviathan as Foreign Investor: Geopolitics and Sovereign Wealth Funds 2018
- Out, Out Brief Candle: Transparency Regulation and MNE Value 2018
- When Does Foreign Investment Carry Baggage from Home? Natural-Resource Evidence 2017
- Do Foreign Multinationals Gain from Transparency Regulation? Evidence from Canadian Oil 2017
- Does Where You Go Depend on Whence You Come? Evidence from Natural-Resource Seeking FDI 2016
- Loose-lipped Leviathan? State Ownership and Transparency in Foreign Direct Investment 2015
- Leviathan as Foreign Investor: Micro-Level Evidence from Sovereign Wealth Funds 2014
- Does Foreign Investment Carry Baggage from Home? 2013
- “Multinational investment and voluntary disclosure: Project-level evidence from the petroleum industry” 2013
- Are Asian Companies Buying up the World’s Oil? Use of Herold MA Data in Scientific Research 2012
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- The Economics of Anti-Corruption Policy,Oil, Conflict, and Corruption: Lessons from Iraq 2010
- Speculation and Oil-Price Volatility 2009
- Oil-Price Volatility: What Do We Know? 2008
- Fuel’s Paradise? Forecasting Lessons From Oil Markets 2008
- Energy (In)Security in the 21st Century 2003
- World Bank Group Extractive Industries Review 2003
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development 2003
- World Oil Market Volatilityy: Report from the Front 2003
- Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research 2002
- MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research 2001
- Centro de Investigaciones sobre América del Norte 2001
- Price Volatility and the Macroeconomy 2000
- Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies 1997
- Global Finance: Focus on Emerging Markets 1997
- Journées du GREEN 1995
- Should Oil States Hedge Oil Revenues? 1995
- Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Policy 1993
- IXe Colloque International d'Économie Petrolière 1992
- México-Estados Unidos: Energía, Medio Ambiente y el Acuerdo de Libre Commercio 1992
- Énergie et Développement Économique du Tiers-Monde: Problèmes et Politiques 1990
- Natural Resource Depletion and National Income Accounting 1990
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conference poster
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review
presentations
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presentation
- Information Asymmetry & Liability of Foreignness: Insights from the Canadian Petroleum Industry, University of Calgary Haskayne School of Business 2018
- Do Foreign Multinationals Gain from Host-Country Transparency Regulation? Evidence from Petroleum M&A, West Virginia University College of Business and Economics 2018
- Oil Politics in the Middle East and at Home, New Mexico Press Association 2017
- Does Foreign Investment Carry Baggage from Home?, University of Texas at San Antonio 2013
- East Asian Energy Security, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 2013
- Petroleum Markets in Asia, Peking University Center for International Strategic Studies, Beijing 2013
- Petroleum Markets in Asia, Peking University Center for International Strategic Studies, Beijing 2013
- Do Managers Carry the Flag? Evidence from Foreign Resource Acquisition, NREE Seminar, University of Alberta School of Business, Edmonton 2012
- Energy Security and Foreign Investment: Are Chinese (and other Asian) Companies Buying up the World’s Oil, ETH-Zurich CIS Research Colloquium, Zurich 2012
- Causes and Consequences of Oil Shocks: Economics Perspectives, US Department of State, Foreign Policy Insitute, Arlington, VA 2011
- State Capitalism and Foreign Direct Investment: Are Chinese and Indian Companies Buying Up the World’s Oil?, GW Sigur Center/Asia Society, Washington 2010
- International Business Post Crisis: Prospects for Latin America, GW Alumni event, Rio de Janeiro 2010
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Teaching
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Service
reviewer of
- Energy Economics (Journal)
- Energy Journal (Journal)
- Energy Studies Review (Journal)
- Journal of Economic Theory (Journal)
- Journal of Energy Finance and Development (Journal)
- Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (Journal)
- Journal of Futures Markets, Journal of International Business Studies (Journal)
- Journal of International Business Studies (Journal)
- Journal of Law and Economics (Journal)
- Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (Journal)
- National Science Foundation (Journal)
- National Tax Journal (Journal)
- Operations Research (Journal)
- Quarterly Journal of Economics (Journal)
- Review of Economics and Statistics (Journal)
- Rucks Department of Management, Louisiana State University (Journal)
professional service activities
- Academy of International Business Member
- American Economics Association Member
- American Finance Association Member
- Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Member
- Cliometric Society Member
- European Association for Research in Industrial Economics Member
- Financial Management Association Member
- Institute of Petroleum (London) Member
- International Association of Energy Economists Member
- Royal Economic Society Member
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Background
education and training
- A.B degree in Applied Mathematics, HARVARD COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, MA
- A.M degree in Graduate program in Business Economics, HARVARD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, AND SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION CAMBRIDGE, MA
- Ph.D degree, HARVARD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, AND SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION CAMBRIDGE, MA
awards and honors
- Dean's (formerly Tucker) Scholar, conferred by GWSB, 2021
- “Uncertain Principals, Opaque Agents? Elections and State-Owned MNE Disclosure”, conferred by AoM IM Division NUS – Finalist, CGIO Best Paper Award in International Corporate Governance, 2019
- Recognition for 25 years of continuous service, conferred by George Washington University, 2019
- Transparency in foreign direct investment: Theory and evidence from petroleum-reserve acquisitions, conferred by GW-CIBER Research Funding, 2014
- Research Project on State Capitalism, conferred by George Washington University, Center for International Business Education and Research (GW-CIBER),, 2012
- Part of GW Dream Team that developed proposal, conferred by U.S. Department of Education, CIBER Program, 2010
- Research Project on Resource Nationalism, conferred by George Washington University, Center for International Business Education and Research (GW-CIBER),, 2008
- Research Project on Energy Security in a Market Era, conferred by George Washington University, Center for International Business Education and Research (GW-CIBER), 2007
- Gilbert White Fellowship, conferred by None, 2006
- Privatization and Organizational Change, conferred by George Washington University Center for the Study of Globalization, 2003
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Contact
full name
- Robert J Weiner
mailing address
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International Business
2201 G St NW DuquesHall 401A
Washington, DC 20052
USA
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