strives to decrease reliance on imported oil and coal, while attempting to meet growing energy demand and maintain a certain …

US state and local governments generate revenues from oil and gas production through a variety of mechanisms. In this … paper, we quantify four leading sources: (1) state taxes levied on the value or volume of oil and gas produced; (2) local … property taxes levied on the value of oil and gas property; (3) oil and gas lease revenues from state lands; and (4) oil and …

. Starting around 2007, improved tight oil and shale gas technologies turned the declining US fossil fuel production into a … revolution increased income in states abundant in oil and gas resources. States dependent on agricultural production also saw an …

the returns to surface land as greater numbers of oil wells are drilled. This study examines the impact of shale drilling … for parcels with nearby oil activity relative to parcels with no activity in the vicinity …

against income gains and rents captured by workers and property owners. This study measures the effect of local shale oil and … treatment across 2,141 counties from 2000 to 2010, I find that counties with oil and gas activity experienced employment and …

fossil fuel than oil, the fracking process itself, as well as its requisite infrastructure, brings with it numerous …

Oil and gas lease negotiations provide mineral owners the opportunity to negotiate for both compensation and auxiliary … indicate that oil and gas firms simultaneously make concessions by raising compensation and approving clauses, but these …

This paper examines the impact of oil price and quantity shocks on income inequalityin the US. Using micro income data … increase in oilprice increases the 90/10 ratio of pre-tax income by 3.8 percentage points in states withhigh levels of oil … inequality. In addition to priceshocks, we study the impact of quantity shocks that arise from oil discoveries. Quantityshocks …