Russian oil sector has achieved maximum levels of production on and exports. Oil extraction is at the highest point since 1990 and oil exports are at the all-time maximum. Meanwhile, prospects for the development of the oil sector are determined by deterioration of the oil extraction conditions...

This paper studies the effect of oil discoveries on economic growth in Brazilian municipalities for the period from 1940 to 2000. It uses a unique identification strategy which exploits data on the drilling of approximately 20,000 oil wells in Brazil since oil explorations began in the country....

If we are to be successful in our goal of generating legal systems that genuinely serve to protect the integrity of Earth's ecosystems, it will be necessary to confront directly the growth model of progress that is currently driving the global economy toward ecological catastrophe. Since the...