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In recent years, many studies have attempted to estimate the economic impact of fracking. When done properly, economic impact studies can be valuable to both policy makers and researchers. Unfortunately, the quality of these economic impact studies varies. Often times these studies are released with obvious errors or authors clearly exhibit bias either for or against fracking. In this paper, we briefly review the studies that have estimated the economic impact of fracking. We discuss many of the issues researchers face when attempting to estimate the economic impact of fracking, and provide recommendations to those who wish to conduct these studies in the future.
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Thanks to Torin McFarland and Courtney Conrad for valuable research assistance and Roger Coupal and participants at the International Atlantic Economic Conference in Philadelphia for helpful comments.
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Rousu, M.C., Ramsaran, D. & Furlano, D. Guidelines for Conducting Economic Impact Studies on Fracking. Int Adv Econ Res 21, 213–225 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11294-015-9526-z
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