Welfare and distributional implications of shale gas

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity

Volumn 2015, Issue SPRING, 2015, Pages 71-125

  Hausman, Catherine ^a   Kellogg, Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 84961757547     PISSN: 00072303     EISSN: 15334465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/eca.2016.0001     Document Type: Article

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