The Local Economic and Welfare Consequences of Hydraulic Fracturing

© 2019 American Economic Association. Exploiting geological variation and timing in the initiation of hydraulic fracturing, we find that fracking leads to sharp increases in oil and gas recovery and improvements in a wide set of economic indicators. There is also evidence of deterioration in local a...

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Main Authors: Bartik, Alexander W, Currie, Janet, Greenstone, Michael, Knittel, Christopher R
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Economic Association 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/134351