Natural resource curse and poverty in appalachian America

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 449-456

  Partridge, Mark D ^a   Betz, Michael R ^a   Lobao, Linda ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL MINING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENTREPRENEUR; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NATURAL RESOURCE; POVERTY;

APPALACHIANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872706243     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aas086     Document Type: Conference Paper

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