Understanding local regulation of fracking: A spatial econometric approach

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 138-163

  Walsh, Patrick J ^a   Bird, Stephen ^b   Heintzelman, Martin D ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracking; Local policy analysis; Spatial econometrics; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941007330     PISSN: 10682805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1068280500010261     Document Type: Conference Paper

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