Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
2017
Department
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
Abstract
We focus on identification and estimation of potentially negative environmental impacts of unconventional natural gas extraction on property values in the United States and advance previous research by contributing new data and new identification strategies for isolating these potential impacts. Our study area consists of two counties in Pennsylvania that are home to large amounts of unconventional natural gas extraction but are otherwise isolated from other resource extraction industries or large urban areas. We deploy parametric, semi-parametric, and matching hedonic regression models that include recent quasi-experimental methods and, in contrast to previous research and much popular intuition, we fail to find robust significance that negative environmental externalities of natural gas extraction are manifested in nearby property values. While there may be plausible risks associated with unconventional natural gas extraction, we do not find consistent evidence to suggest that these risks significantly affect nearby property values.
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Delgado, M. S., Guilfoos, T., & Boslett, A. (2016). The cost of unconventional gasextraction: A hedonic analysis. Resource and Energy Economics, 46, 1-22. doi: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2016.07.001
Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reseneeco.2016.07.001
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