The curse of natural resources: An empirical investigation of U.S. counties

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 440-453

  James, Alex ^a   Aadland, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence; Economic growth; Natural resource curse

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDY ANALYSIS; CONVERGENCE; COUNTY LEVEL; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; GROWTH EFFECTS; NATURAL RESOURCE CURSE; RESOURCE CURSE; RESOURCE EXTRACTION; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; SPECIFIC EFFECTS; WYOMING;

NATURAL RESOURCES;

ECONOMICS;

CONVERGENCE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT;

MAINE; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 79952616587     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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