Betz Michael R., Partridge Mark D., Farren Michael, Lobao Linda

Rubrique:
Sources fossiles
Parution:
2015
Titre Ouvrage:
Coal Mining, Economic Development, and the Natural Resources Curse
Édition:
Energy Economics, volume 50, July
Pages:
pp. 105-116
The study suggests  that modern coal mining has rather nuanced effects that differ between Appalachia and the rest of the U.S ; it do not find strong evidence of a resources curse, except that coal mining has a consistent inverse association with measures linked to population growth and entrepreneurship, and thereby future economic growth.