Monthly Archives: February 2016

Reinvesting resource rents

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Nicky Tynan

The Financial Times had a recent blog post comparing Venezuela and Bolivia’s use of fossil fuel rents. Venezuela is suffering today as a result of an earlier decision to use resource rents from oil to borrow heavily and increase the … Continue reading →

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Local property rights: pipeline and eminent domain

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Nicky Tynan

Transportation infrastructure, including pipelines, play a role in making natural gas valuable resource. Land is important as a right of way for the pipelines. Plans by Sunoco to build a natural gas pipeline that will pass near Carlisle require the … Continue reading →

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