On the portents of peak oil (and other indicators of resource scarcity)

Energy Policy

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 68-78

  Smith, James L ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hotelling; Peak oil; Resource scarcity

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC FORCES; ECONOMIC INDICATORS; EQUILIBRIUM EXTRACTION; HOTELLING; PEAK OIL; RESOURCE SCARCITY;

ECONOMICS;

NATURAL RESOURCES;

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; NATURAL RESOURCE; OIL PRODUCTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE ECONOMY;

EID: 84862814208     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.01.014     Document Type: Article

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