The economic impact of the coal boom and bust

Economic Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 503, 2005, Pages 449-476

  Black, Dan ^a   McKinnish, Terra ^b   Sanders, Seth ^c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL INDUSTRY; LABOR MARKET;

KENTUCKY; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17744395075     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2005.00996.x     Document Type: Article

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