Plausibly Exogenous [1991] - Shale Gas (07/16/2025)

LHS Variable
Employment and wages

RHS Variable
Shale gas development

Source of Exogenous Variation
Discontinuity in regulation caused by New York's 2008 moratorium on fracking

- Cosgrave et al. (2016), “The economic impact of shale gas development: A natural experiment along the New York/Pennsylvania border”