I want in on that: Community-level policies for unconventional gas development in New York

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 164-194

  Zirogiannis, Nikolaos ^a   Alcorn, Jessica ^a   Piepenburg, Jayne ^a   Rupp, John ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Local bans and moratoria; New York; Ordered probit; Unconventional gas development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940991954     PISSN: 10682805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1068280500010273     Document Type: Conference Paper

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