The Economic Impact of Shale Gas Development: A Natural Experiment along the New York / Pennsylvania Border

dc.creatorCosgrove, Brendan M.
dc.creatorLaFave, Daniel R.
dc.creatorDissanayake, Sahan T. M.
dc.creatorDonihue, Michael R.
dc.date2017-04-01T19:02:08Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-09T09:28:58Z
dc.descriptionWe investigate local economic impacts of shale gas development using the natural experiment of the discontinuity in regulation caused by New York’s 2008 moratorium on fracking. Using county- and zip-code-level data for 2001–2013 to examine differences in New York and Pennsylvania counties before and after the moratorium, we find that shale gas development has a positive local impact on employment and wages in the natural resource, mining, and construction sectors and an offsetting reduction in employment in the manufacturing sector. Overall, we find no statistically significant local effects on total employment or on wages.
dc.identifierdoi:10.22004/ag.econ.207749
dc.identifierhttps://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/207749/files/ARER2015%2044x2%2002Dissanayake.pdf
dc.identifierhttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/207749
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/609364
dc.languageeng
dc.publisher
dc.sourcehttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/207749
dc.titleThe Economic Impact of Shale Gas Development: A Natural Experiment along the New York / Pennsylvania Border
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