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Information Externalities In Oil And Gas Leasing

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  • JEFFREY J. LElTZlNGER
  • JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ

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This paper discusses the theory and measurement of information externalities in oil and gas leasing. A study of leases issued in the Gulf of Mexico reveals significant positive information externalities resulting from prior development of adjoining leases. According to a recent court decision, these effects provide an added consideration in the determination of a “fair and equitable” division of revenues from federal tracts adjoining state lands, as required by the 1978 amendments to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act

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  • JEFFREY J. LElTZlNGER & JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ, 1984. "Information Externalities In Oil And Gas Leasing," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 2(5), pages 44-57, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:coecpo:v:2:y:1984:i:5:p:44-57
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.1984.tb00777.x
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