Should we drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge? An economic perspective

Energy Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 4720-4729

  Kotchen, Matthew J ^a,b   Burger, Nicholas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic refuge; Cost benefit; Economics

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARNINGS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; TAXATION;

FEDERAL TAX REVENUES; INDUSTRY RENTS;

OIL WELL DRILLING;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRILLING; OIL; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT;

ALASKA; ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250799065     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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