How do Local Oil Booms Impact Agriculture?
There is a large literature in Economics on a phenomenon called the “Resource Curse”: the…
Author Brock Smith
Brock Smith
Brock Smith is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics at Montana State University. He received a PhD from UC-Davis in 2013 and spent three years as a Research Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Analysis of Resource Rich Economies. He mainly studies effects of oil and natural gas shocks in both an international and domestic US setting.
The Keystone XL Pipeline: What’s in it for Montana?
The Keystone Oil Pipeline has been a decade-long saga of on-again, off-again construction and never-ending…
Thoughts on how to Manage National Parks
There’s been increasing agitation in the last few years about the overcrowding of Yellowstone and…
How Much do Governments Subsidize Fossil Fuels?
Earlier this month the Billings Gazette reported that the US Department Energy (DOE), at the…
Time to break up agribusiness monopolies?
There is growing recognition of America’s historically high levels of industry concentration, and it’s looking…
The Latest on how Climate Change will Impact Montana
The Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA) was released back in November. The NCA is a…
Why has Bozeman Resisted the Growing Urban-Rural Divide?
As Bozeman residents are extremely aware, Bozeman is one of the fastest growing cities in…
Does Agriculture Explain Jon Tester’s Popularity?
Montana was one of the most closely watched states in the country last Tuesday, thanks…
Montana, Natural Resources, and Dark Money
Money in politics has long been a controversial issue in America, but its importance has…
The Economic costs of wildfires.
It has been another brutal wildfire season in the western United States. The Mendocino complex…