Regulatory remedies to the common pool: The limits to oil field unitization

Energy Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-26

  Libecap, Gary D ^a,b   Smith, James L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

OIL FIELD UNITIZATION;

OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0035728156     PISSN: 01956574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol22-No1-1     Document Type: Article

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