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- Title
Annotated Listing of New Books.
- Abstract
This article provides information about the book "Productivity in Natural Resource Industries: Improvement Through Innovation," edited by R. David Simpson. Five papers study technological innovation in the extraction of natural resources and the effects of such innovation on U.S. natural resource industries. Papers examine innovation and productivity in U.S., coal mining; technological improvement in petroleum exploration and development; innovation, productivity growth, and the survival of the U.S., copper industry; land-use change and innovation in U.S. forestry; and productivity trends across the natural resource industries. Simpson is a fellow in the Energy and Natural Resources division of Resources for the Future.
- Subjects
UNITED States; PRODUCTIVITY in Natural Resource Industries (Book); BOOKS; TECHNOLOGICAL innovations; NATURAL resources; INDUSTRIAL productivity; PETROLEUM conservation; MINERAL resources conservation
- Publication
Journal of Economic Literature, 1999, Vol 37, Issue 4, p1804
- ISSN
0022-0515
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1257/jel.37.4.1746