Combating Budgetary Complications from the Marcellus Shale: The Case for a Pennsylvania Gas Fund

The relationship between shale gas development and budgetary and microeconomic externalities was studied. The extraction activity in the Barnett shaleformation provided a case study for assessing per-well highway infrastructure damage and water usage. The creation of a predictive model based upon the Barnett was applied to the Marcellus formation. The results showed support for the hypothesis that shale gas development creates negative externalities that amount to unfunded mandates and freerider problems for states and localities. Implications and policy solutions, including the case for a Pennsylvania natural gas fund, are discussed.

Name thesis:degree_name

MA

Level thesis:degree_level

Immediate Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Graduate Center for Social and Public Policy

Year dc:date.available

2013

Author dc:creator

• Thompson, Daniel Ray

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kent Moors
• Moni McIntyre

• Barnett Shale
• Energy policy
• Marcellus Shale
• Natural gas
• Road infrastructure
• Water usage

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/1279

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dsc.duq.edu:etd-2295