Economic transitions have the potential to displace workers and cause social unrest. Coal mine closures in the eastern … closures, such as rising production costs and decreasing coal demand from the electricity sector. This analysis utilizes unique … data on coal mine and power plant operation to estimate the impact of supply and demand factors on mine closure. We model …

We leverage the timing of coalmine accidents to examine the effect of coal mining on air pollution. Safety regulations … mandate that coal mining be suspended if a mine experiences an accident with 10 or more fatalities. We use a stacked … pollution data at the county-day level with the dates of accidents to show that on average, suspending coal mining reduces local …