How should Montana manage the Coal Tax Trust Fund?
In 1975 Montana established the Coal Tax Trust Fund, which ever since has received 50%…
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.
Is Coal’s Decline Terminal?
In March President Trump signed a sweeping executive order undoing many Obama-era environmental policies, most…
The past, present and future of oil prices
The 21st century has been a wild ride for the oil and gas market. After…
(Podcast) Episode 010: Spotlight on Brock Smith
The AgEconMT crew is joined by Dr. Brock Smith, an Assistant Professor of Economics…