Shale Development and Oil and Gas Money in State Legislatures

• In Event: Urban Environmental Affairs

Brief Overview

We use quasi-experimental techniques to study the effects of the shale gas innovation and policies surrounding shale gas drilling on political donations from the oil and gas industry to state legislatures.

Authors

• Richard DiSalvo, Princeton University

• Zhao Li, Princeton University

• Andrew Boslett, University of Rochester

• Elaine Hill, University of Rochester