Trusting in the future: The re-emergence of state trust funds in the shale era

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 20, Issue , 2016, Pages 117-127

  Rabe, Barry G ^a   Hampton, Rachel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy; Fracking; Hydraulic fracturing; Severance taxes; Shale; Trust funds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990876629     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2016.06.011     Document Type: Article

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