Resource windfalls, investment, and long-term income

Resources Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-128

  Papyrakis, Elissaios ^a,b   Gerlagh, Reyer ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Investment; Long term income; OLG models; Resource windfalls; Savings

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MINERAL INDUSTRY; PRODUCTIVITY; WAGES;

LONG-TERM INCOME; OVERLAPPING-GENERATIONS (OLG) MODEL; RESOURCE WINDFALLS; SAVINGS-INVESTMENT TRANSMISSION CHANNEL;

INVESTMENTS;

INCOME; INVESTMENT; NATURAL RESOURCE; PRODUCTIVITY; SAVINGS;

EID: 33750043159     PISSN: 03014207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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