The Impacts of Energy Development on Agricultural land Values in North-Central West Virginia Adama Sileye Warr This study presents an empirical model that explains the impact of energy development activities on agricultural land values in north-central West Virginia. Based on the methodology and the data description, seven different models (linear and logs) are estimated and the results are analyzed to understand the contributions of each energy variable used in the models to the overall values of farmlands. We have examined 311 parcel-level sales of farmlands in 16 counties in the north-central of the state of West Virginia from January 2013 to July 2016. The results suggest that the selected model is statistically different from zero (prob> F= 0.000). Moreover, the model explains 40% in the variation of log per acre price. For the energy development variables, mineral rights transferred with agricultural land property have a positive, statistically significant (at the 10% level) coefficient in the model (as was expected). The more acres of mineral rights a parcel transfer contains, the higher its price should be compared to the one that has similar characteristics but not mineral rights. I would like to acknowledge the love, encouragement, and prayers of my mother, Raki Demba Ba, my siblings, and my wife, Binta Oumar Ba. Finally, I would like to thank my brother, Mamadou Warr, my great cousins, Amadou Ba, Moustapha Lemhamed Dicko, Maloum Aly Sall, and Abdoulaye Sall, my great friends, Ibrahima Bakayoko, Alassane Tall, and Abdallhi Fall, and all my friends who have encouraged me in difficult times during the course of my graduate studies. This thesis is dedicated to the memory of my father, Thierno Sileye Warr.
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