Natural Resources

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Mar

16

2015

12:30—2:00 PM

Mitigating the Resource Curse at the Micro Level: Survey and Experimental Evidence from Uganda
Justin Sandefur
March 02, 2015
Does the discovery of oil — onshore, concentrated in one region — generate more citizen demand for transparent governance inside the oil-rich region or outside of it?
POLICY PAPER

Biofuel Policies: Fuel versus Food, Forests, and Climate
Kimberly Ann Elliott
January 13, 2015
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, agricultural commodity prices reached new lows and subsidies and mandates to promote biofuels seemed like a solution for multiple problems.
Blog Post

Should Sovereign Wealth Funds Finance Domestic Investment?
Alan Gelb
November 25, 2014
Countries have traditionally invested their sovereign wealth in securities of major markets able to provide dependable returns and macroeconomic stability, but some are now investing more sovereign wealth domestically because of diminished returns in major markets and new investment opportunities at...
Blog Post

A Global Carbon Tax or Cap-and-Trade? Part 1: The Economic Arguments
Alice Lépissier
and
Owen Barder
September 08, 2014
If you could choose how to curb greenhouse gas emissions, would you choose a carbon tax or cap-and-trade?