The University of Chicago

Anti-fracking

  • Winners and Losers in the Shale Gas Boom

    Winners and Losers in the Shale Gas Boom

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    Pablo Eguiguren

    Society is accruing a large economic benefit from the shale gas boom. While more evidence is needed to calculate the costs of the externalities associated with techniques such as fracking, those costs would need to be very large to justify preventing this new technique.

  • The Real Green Movement?: Taxation’s Impact on Fracking

    The Real Green Movement?: Taxation’s Impact on Fracking

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    Chasse Rehwinkel

    New research looks at local governments’ willingness to ban hydraulic fracturing based on their potential revenue.