Plausibly Exogenous [1251] - Coal Decline (07/06/2023)
LHS Variable
Household financial well-being
RHS Variable
Coal mining industry’s decline
Source of Exogenous Variation
Annual coal consumption at power plants within 200 miles (by rail) of active coal-mining counties as a proxy for demand for local coal production
- Blonz, Tran, and Troland (2023), “The Canary in the Coal Decline: Appalachian Household Finance and the Transition from Fossil Fuels”