The effect of oil on regional growth in Russia and the United States: A comparative analysis

Comparative Economic Studies

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 517-535

  Alexeev, Michael ^a   Chernyavskiy, Andrey ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

oil rents; Regional growth; taxation of oil

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927136871     PISSN: 08887233     EISSN: 14783320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ces.2014.28     Document Type: Conference Paper

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