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A 2010 [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCEQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.be.wvu.edu%2Fbber%2Fpdfs%2FBBER-2010-04.pdf&ei=nGsUT86OCoWXiAL44OHKDQ&usg=AFQjCNGZn8sBB6aH9H4xk8DJVnlrw43jtA&sig2=T8sNWBJW6I2NQPBc8jz4Jw report] by economists at WVU and Marshall University titled "The West Virginia Coal Economy 2008" found that 60 percent of the county’s roughly $35 million in property tax revenue came from coal, making the area highly dependent on the coal economy. It als found that West Virginia’s share of the value of total U.S. coal exports had risen from 16 percent in 2005 to 28 percent by 2008.<ref>Bureau of Business and Economic Research, West Virginia University and the Center for Business and Economic Research, Marshall University, "The West Virginia Coal Economy 2008," February 2010 Report.</ref>