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The political economy of fiscal policy and economic management in oil exporting countries [PDF]
Despite massive oil rent incomes since the early 1970s, the economic performance of oil-exporting countries-with notable exceptions-is poor. While there is extensive literature on the management of oil resources, analysis of the underlying political ...
Borje Tallroth, Nils +2 more
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Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.An experimental device for physical simulation of hydraulic fracturing, comprising: a load‐bearing mechanism with multiple interconnected plates that collectively form an sample chamber; a load‐generating mechanisms, with multiple load‐generating mechanisms arranged within the experimental chamber.
Delei Shang +5 more
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Should We Drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge? An Economic Perspective [PDF]
This paper provides model-based estimates of the value of oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). The best estimate of economically recoverable oil in the federal portion of ANWR is 7.06 billion barrels of oil, a quantity roughly equal to
Matthew J. Kotchen, Nicholas E. Burger
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Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.This study investigated the spatial patterns and development mechanisms of urban underground space (UUS) in Shanghai using underground points of interest data. It revealed distinct development mechanisms between the main city and suburbs, highlighting the need for differentiated UUS planning and policies to optimize underground space resources ...
Chenxiao Ma +3 more
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Portuguese olive oil and the price of regional products: does designation of origin really matter? [PDF]
Resources (tangible and intangible) can be mobilised to increase region’s reputation and confer a competitive advantage to certain products with origin in that region.
José Cadima Ribeiro +1 more
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North Sea oil and genuine saving in the Scottish economy [PDF]
, 2011 The World Bank has published estimates of sustainability of consumption paths by adjusting saving rates to take account of the depletion of non-renewable resources.
Bremner, Greg, Cross, Rod
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Fish Scales: A Multifunctional Biomaterial from Nature
ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.Fish scales demonstrate nature's solution to impact protection through overlapping multilayered architecture. This biological design combines mineralized surfaces with collagen networks to achieve both flexibility and fracture resistance. The structural principles inspire advanced protective materials and biomedical implants, where damage tolerance ...
Liyao Dong, Xiaojie Sun, Xiguang Chen
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Oil and natural gas rents and CO2 emissions nexus in MENA: spatial analysis. [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Mahmood H, Saqib N, Adow AH, Abbas M.
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Did Iraq Cheat the United Nations? Underpricing, Bribes, and the Oil for Food Program [PDF]
From 1997 through early 2003, the United Nations Oil for Food Program allowed Iraq to export oil in exchange for humanitarian supplies. We measure the extent to which this program was corrupted by Iraq's attempts to deliberately set the price of its oil ...
Chang-Tai Hsieh, Enrico Moretti
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Oil Rents and Patronage: The Fiscal Effects of Oil Booms in the Argentine Provinces
Comparative Politics, 2018 Abstract: When do oil dependent governments spend oil rents in expanding political machines through patronage and clientelism, as rentier theories claim, or in providing better public services? Using regression analysis for panel data and two case studies for the Argentine provinces (1983-2013), this study shows that infrastructure can rise and ...
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