Resource abundance and economic growth in the United States

European Economic Review

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1011-1039

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Growth; Natural resources; Transmission channels

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; INCOME; INVESTMENT; REGIONAL ECONOMY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247139665     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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