Is hotelling's rule relevant to domestic oil production?

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 149-169

  Black, Geoffrey ^a   Lafrance, Jeffrey T ^b  

^a MARIST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hotelling's Rule; Maximum Efficient Recovery; Oil Supply

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RESOURCE; METHODOLOGY; MODELING; OIL PRODUCTION; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT;

MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031687225     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jeem.1998.1042     Document Type: Article

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