The global boom in hydrocarbon, metal and mineral prices since the year 2000 created huge economic rents - rents which, once invested, were widely expected to p

I study the political effects of resource booms on the behavior of politicians, citizens and government and discuss why the existing literature provide unsatisf

This volume focuses on the political economy surrounding the detailed decisions that governments make at each step of the value chain for natural resource manag

A detailed examination of the adequacy of natural resources in the U.S. to provide the standard of living expected.