未来能源研究所-资源收入共享协议（英）

Resource Revenue-Sharing AgreementsAbena Boafoa Darkwah, Lucija Muehlenbachs, and Laurel WheelerWorking Paper 25-29 November 2025About the Authors Abena Boafoa Darkwah is a PhD candidate in economics at the University of Calgary. Lucija Muehlenbachs is a professor of economics at the University of Calgary and a university fellow at Resources for the Future (RFF). She has published extensively on the oil and gas industry, covering topics such as well reactivation, methane leaks, property value impacts, shale-related traffic accidents, wastewater composition, and effects on water quality.Laurel Wheeler is an assistant professor at the University of Alberta with research interests in development and labor economics. Wheeler holds a PhD and an MA in economics from Duke University and an MSc in economics for development from the University of Oxford. Her research interests center Indigenous economic development and labor markets in low-income countries.Acknowledgements We thank Riccardo Ficarella for research assistance. We are grateful to Kayli Avveduti, Josh Burger, Tania de Silva, Billy Pizer, Beia Spiller and Trevor Tombe for feedback. This project received in-kind support from the Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations and funding from a SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant.About RFFResources for the Future (RFF) is an independent, nonprofit research institution in Washington, DC. Its mission is to improve environmental, energy, and natural resource decisions through impartial economic research and policy engagement. RFF is committed to being the most widely trusted source of research insights and policy solutions leading to a healthy environment and a thriving economy. Working papers are research materials circulated by their authors for purposes of information and discussion. They have not necessarily undergone formal peer review. The views expressed here are those of the individual authors and may differ from those of other RFF experts, its officers, or its directors.Sharing Our WorkOur work is available for sharing and adaptation under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license. You can copy and redistribute our material in any medium or format; you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made, and you may not apply additional restrictions. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. You may not use the material for commercial purposes. If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.Resource Revenue-Sharing AgreementsAbena Boafoa Darkwah, Lucija Muehlenbachs, and Laurel Wheeler∗November 14, 2025AbstractA growing number of First Nations across Canada are entering into agreementswith provincial governments to share revenues from natural resource extraction withint