Local income related to Marcellus shale activity in Pennsylvania

Community Development

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 329-340

  Hardy, Kirsten ^a   Kelsey, Timothy W ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

economic development; Marcellus shale; natural gas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938999252     PISSN: 15575330     EISSN: 19447485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15575330.2015.1059351     Document Type: Article

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