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and Andrew Gray. The paper’s execu-
tive summary report states:
“In 2013, New York’s state govern-
ment will decide whether to permit
extraction of natural gas by hydraulic
fracturing or, instead, turn its current
moratorium into a permanent ban on
this technology. In weighing their
choice, New York officials have an
abundance of useful data from neigh-
boring Pennsylvania. There, nearly
5,000 wells have been [hydraulically]
fractured since 2002. If New York
lifts its moratorium, companies will
be drilling the same type of wells to
exploit the same subterranean source
of gas—the Marcellus Shale. Pennsyl-
vania’s experience is a good guide to
what would happen in New York.
In this paper, we analyze the effect
of [hydraulic] fracturing—at modest,
moderate, and high levels—on jobs
and income growth in Pennsylvania
counties. We then use these data to
project the benefits that New York
counties stand to gain if the state again
permits [hydraulic] fracturing.
The entire paper can be viewed at
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