Fee disbursements and the local acceptance of unconventional gas development: Insights from Pennsylvania

Paydar, Naveed; Clark, Ashley; Rupp, John A.; Graham, John D.

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2016.04.007

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“…Future research could also incorporate other contextual factors that are likely to affect familiarity and support for UOGD but for which we did not have good measures, although our modeling strategy does control for local contextual factors. For example, respondent characteristics, such as whether the respondent is a leaseholder or benefits directly or indirectly from oil and gas development, have proven important in other research (Evensen & Stedman, ; Graham et al., ; Kriesky, Goldstein, Zell, & Beach, ; Paydar, Clark, Rupp, & Graham, ) and remain a neglected area of study (Bugden et al., ). Further, more precise household‐level geographic data associated with survey responses could help to understand fine‐scale relationships between proximity and support, such as those that might occur within communities.…”

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The Effect of Geographic Proximity to Unconventional Oil and Gas Development on Public Support for Hydraulic Fracturing

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With the rapid growth of unconventional oil and natural gas development transforming the U.S. economic and physical landscape, social scientists have increasingly explored the spatial dynamics of public support for this issue-that is, whether people closer to unconventional oil and gas development are more supportive or more opposed. While theoretical frameworks like construal-level theory and the "Not in My Backyard" (or NIMBY) moniker provide insight into these spatial dynamics, case studies in specific locations experiencing energy development reveal substantial variation in community responses. Larger-scale studies exploring the link between proximity and support have been hampered by data quality and availability. We draw on a unique data set that includes geo-coded data from national surveys (nine waves; n = 19,098) and high-resolution well location data to explore the relationship between proximity and both familiarity with and support for hydraulic fracturing. We use two different measures of proximity-respondent distance to the nearest well and the density of wells within a certain radius of the respondent's location. We find that both types of proximity to new development are linked to more familiarity with hydraulic fracturing, even after controlling for various individual and contextual factors, but only distance-based proximity is linked to more support for the practice. When significant, these relationships are similar to or exceed the effects of race, income, gender, and age. We discuss the implications of these findings for effective risk communication as well as the importance of incorporating spatial analysis into public opinion research on perceptions of energy development.

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The Effect of Geographic Proximity to Unconventional Oil and Gas Development on Public Support for Hydraulic Fracturing

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“…In Pennsylvania, a variable impact fee is assessed on each well. The Pennsylvania fee, established under Act 13, charges operators based on the well's age, production level, the prevailing price of natural gas, and several other factors [27]. Taxes and fees are collected to pay for oversight and compliance of the industry and establish legacy funds that benefit the public after the resource has been exhausted.…”

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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Governing Unconventional Natural Gas at the Local Level in the United States

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2023

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While numerous studies have addressed the impact of unconventional natural gas development on communities in the United States during the initial boom period (2007 to 2014), few works synthesizing local governance issues exist. This paper aims to address the gap in the research by reviewing the literature and identifying challenges local governments encountered while attempting to govern the burgeoning industry. After conducting an integrative literature review of 43 studies, the author contends that the industry’s newness, regulatory confusion, information asymmetries, distrust of producers, conflicting interests, and ambiguous costs and benefits of extraction hindered local governments and their ability to address the industry and its impacts. The paper suggests that local officials should adopt collaborative frameworks to exchange information, establish best practices, and clarify regulatory landscapes. This study adds to the literature on local governance in communities with mineral resource extraction and provides insights for future industries or resources with local impacts.

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“…For example, it has been found that incentives provided to the local community as a whole are often more effective in increasing local acceptance when compared to monetary incentives provided to individual households (García et al 2016;Lo and Leung 2000). Paydar, Schenk, et al (2016) found that incentives (especially reinvesting tax revenue from a shale gas project into local communities) significantly increase local acceptance for a hypothetical shale gas project while Paydar, Clark, et al (2016) found a positive association between tax revenue allocation to local communities and local acceptance for shale gas development. With little in the Chinese context to substantiate these findings from the Western context, this research fills a gap in the literature.…”

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How do incentives influence local public support for the siting of shale gas projects in China?

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Fee disbursements and the local acceptance of unconventional gas development: Insights from Pennsylvania

Cited by 12 publications

References 27 publications

The Effect of Geographic Proximity to Unconventional Oil and Gas Development on Public Support for Hydraulic Fracturing

The Effect of Geographic Proximity to Unconventional Oil and Gas Development on Public Support for Hydraulic Fracturing

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Governing Unconventional Natural Gas at the Local Level in the United States

How do incentives influence local public support for the siting of shale gas projects in China?

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