The economic impact of shale gas development: A natural experiment along the New York / Pennsylvania border

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 20-39

  Cosgrove, Brendan M ^a   LaFave, Daniel R ^a   Dissanayake, Sahan T M ^a   Donihue, Michael R ^a  

^a Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Difference in differences; Economic impact; Fracking; Marcellus shale; Natural experiment; Shale gas development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941012826     PISSN: 10682805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1068280500010200     Document Type: Conference Paper

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