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I Want In On That: Community-level Policies for Unconventional Gas Development in New York

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

Nikolaos Zirogiannis ,
Jessica Alcorn ,
Jayne Piepenburg  and
John Rupp
Nikolaos Zirogiannis*
Affiliation:
School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) at Indiana University Bloomington (IUB)
Jessica Alcorn
Affiliation:
SPEA at IUB
Jayne Piepenburg
Affiliation:
SPEA at IUB
John Rupp
Affiliation:
Indiana Geological Survey
*
Correspondence: Nikolaos Zirogiannis ▪ School of Public and Environmental Affairs ▪ Indiana University Bloomington ▪ Bloomington, IN 47405 ▪ Phone 812.856.8323 ▪ Email nzirogia@indiana.edu.
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Abstract

We investigate geospatial and socio-demographic attributes that explain differences in community-level policies affecting unconventional gas development (UGD) in New York. We examine local policy decisions (i.e., municipal bans, moratoria, and pre-emptive resolutions supporting development) through ordered probit models and middle-inflated and zero-inflated ordered probits to account for communities without UGD policies and estimate a spatial ordered probit to address spatial correlations between communities' decisions. Our findings suggest that New York communities near Pennsylvania UGD are more likely to support UGD. Communities that are predominantly Democrat or have more citizens who have bachelor's degrees are more likely to adopt policies opposing UGD.

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local bans and moratoriaNew Yorkordered probitunconventional gas development
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Selected Papers
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Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 44 , Issue 2: Special Issue: Unconventional Gas and Oil Development: Economic and Environmental Impacts , August 2015 , pp. 164 - 194
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Copyright © 2015 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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