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Air Quality Impacts of Shale Gas Development in Pennsylvania

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  • Ruohao Zhang
  • Huan Li
  • Neha Khanna
  • Alan J. Krupnick
  • Elaine L. Hill
  • Daniel M. Sullivan

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We estimate the impact of shale gas development on particulate matter pollution using a quasi-experimental setting in Pennsylvania where some wells were developed to produce natural gas whereas other wells were permitted but not drilled. In doing so, we utilize a novel empirical approach drawing upon insights from atmospheric chemistry to account for windblown pollution spillovers in a difference-in-differences framework. Utilizing a high frequency, high resolution satellite-based measure of PM pollution between 2000 and 2018, we identify causal increases in PM2.5 concentration ranging from 0.017 μg/m3 to 0.062 μg/m3 in the vicinity of over 20,000 wells, resulting in approximately 20 additional deaths between 2010 and 2017.

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  • Ruohao Zhang & Huan Li & Neha Khanna & Alan J. Krupnick & Elaine L. Hill & Daniel M. Sullivan, 2023. "Air Quality Impacts of Shale Gas Development in Pennsylvania," Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, University of Chicago Press, vol. 10(2), pages 447-486.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucp:jaerec:doi:10.1086/721430
    DOI: 10.1086/721430
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