Natural resources and regional development: An assessment of dependency and comparative advantage paradigms

Economic Geography

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-94

  Gunton, Thomas ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Economic rent; Mineral development; Natural resource development; Regional development; Staple theory

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; NATURAL RESOURCE; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0037249278     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2003.tb00202.x     Document Type: Article

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