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Unconventional Gas and Oil Development: Economic, Environmental, and Policy Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

J. Wesley Burnett
J. Wesley Burnett*
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Economics Department at the College of Charleston, South Carolina
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Correspondence: J. Wesley Burnett ▪ Economics Department ▪ College of Charleston ▪ 5 Liberty Street ▪ Beatty Center, Suite 413 ▪ Charleston, SC 29401 ▪ Phone 843.953.0752 ▪ Email burnettjw@cofc.edu.
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Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 44 , Issue 2: Special Issue: Unconventional Gas and Oil Development: Economic and Environmental Impacts , August 2015 , pp. iii - xvii
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