Economics of modern energy boomtowns: Do oil and gas shocks differ from shocks in the rest of the economy?

Energy Economics

Volumn 59, Issue , 2016, Pages 81-95

  Tsvetkova, Alexandra ^a   Partridge, Mark D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment growth; Energy boom effects; Instrumental variable approach; Job multipliers

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; EMPLOYMENT; GAS INDUSTRY; SHALE OIL;

ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; EMPLOYMENT GROWTH; ENERGY BOOM EFFECTS; ENERGY DEVELOPMENT; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES; MULTIPLIER EFFECTS; OIL AND GAS SECTOR; POSITIVE SPILLOVERS;

ECONOMICS;

ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPLOYMENT; GAS SUPPLY; OIL SUPPLY; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84982299791     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2016.07.015     Document Type: Article

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