Natural resource economics under the rule of Hotelling

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1033-1059

  Gaudet, Gérard ^a  

^a Canada H3A 2T7   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC THEORY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXPLOITATION; MARKET CONDITIONS; NATURAL RESOURCE; STOCK MARKET; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 35448967804     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.00441.x     Document Type: Article

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