Coal mining, economic development, and the natural resources curse

Energy Economics

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 105-116

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

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachia; Boom; Bust; Climate change; Coal; Development; Employment; Energy; Mining; Natural gas; Oil; Poverty; Regulation; Resource curse

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL MINES; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EMPLOYMENT; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MINING; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

APPALACHIA; BOOM; BUST; DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY; POVERTY; REGULATION; RESOURCE CURSE;

COAL INDUSTRY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COAL MINING; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPLOYMENT; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL RESOURCE; POVERTY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

APPALACHIANS;

EID: 84929626964     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2015.04.005     Document Type: Article

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