Economic analysis of Nepal Oil Corporation

B.Sc. SARASWATI DAHAL

Master's thesis

Abstract:

Nepal economy growth is way behind than other countries economic growth; Energy, one of the major influencing factor of economic condition of a country. Oil is one the most widely usable energy source in the world, Nepal oil industry entirely depend on import oil from foreign countries. The government created monopoly market of Nepal oil industry has remarkable effect on economic growth of Nepal, the main aim of this thesis is to investigate how a monopoly industry activities are affecting the GDP of Nepal, increasing trend of demand of oil, the price of oil in the foreign market and its effect in the oil industry of Nepal is major concern of this research. For this purpose, some theoretical overview, analysis of external market and regression analysis has been used as analysis tool. Two hypothesis tested,H0: There is no significant impact of NOC’s imports on GDP of Nepal.H1: There is a significant impact of NOC’s imports on GDP of Nepal.The research has identified deep correlation between the amount of import and consumption of oil and its direct effect on economy of Nepal.Base on research result the monopoly market and 100 % dependency on import of oil product and scarcity of oil given clear picture to Nepal economy an opportunity to improve condition of economy, investing on research and development to produce own energy to get rid of economic recession.

Keywords

Nepal, Nepal Oil Corporation, external environment analysis, Monopoly, economic effect, Dependency, Ratio Analysis, Regression Analysis

Jazyk práce: English

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 6. 4. 2020

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedúci: Ing. Zdeněk Toušek, Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Economics and Management

Master programme / odbor:
Economics Policy and Administration / Business Administration