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Natural Resources A Curse Or A Blessing: Evidence From Williston, Nd, Alissa Melberg
Natural Resources A Curse Or A Blessing: Evidence From Williston, Nd, Alissa Melberg
Undergraduate Research Symposium 2013
The aim of this study was to test the implications of natural resource abundance for regional economic development for Williston, ND. Williston emerged as a natural choice for this study due to the recent crude oil production boom experienced by it post 2007. The implications of natural resource abundance on regional development are rather mixed in literature. While one strand of literature believes that natural resource industries often create forward linkages which supplement regional development, the other strand believes that it impedes regional development by diverting local resources. The prime objective of this study is to test these two strands …