Natural resources and economic growth: Some theory and evidence

Annals of Economics and Finance

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 367-389

  Chambers, Dustin ^a   Guo, Jang Ting ^b  

^a SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological footprint; Endogenous growth; Natural resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450169895     PISSN: 15297373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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