RFF Energy Policy Set
2 total works
The Leasing of Federal Lands for Fossil Fuels Production
by Stephen MacDonald
Published 19 January 2011
Stephen McDonald offers a basic understanding of the goals and practices by which the federal government leases its fossil fuel resources and how these practices affect the economy. Originally published in 1979
The author develops an economic framework for analyzing state regulation of oil and gas and concludes that existing regulations fall short of assuring optimum well spacing, production rates, use of associated gas, and exploration. Originally published in 1971.