Research Articles: Risk Perceptions of Natural Gas Development in the Marcellus Shale

Unconventional Gas and Oil Development in the United States: Economic Experience and Policy Issues

“…Yet the spatial nature of unconventional gas development, with its major impacts on transportation infrastructure and community quality of life (Brasier, et al 2011) mean that most residents are impacted by the activity, regardless of whether the drilling activity is occurring on their land, and similarly regardless of whether they are receiving benefit from the activity. Not surprisingly, attitudes towards such development are very positively associated with whether the landowner is receiving lease, or lease and royalty income (Jacquet, 2012).…”

Valuation of expectations: A hedonic study of shale gas development and New York’s moratorium

“…This would attenuate our estimates because Pennsylvania prices would be that much greater than New York prices if estates were not being split, and thus are our estimates of net valuation could be seen as a lower bound. 6 A survey by Brasier et al (2013) found that landowners that hold their property's underlying mineral rights have generally lower risk perceptions of SGD.…”

Public opinion on energy development: The interplay of issue framing, top-of-mind associations, and political ideology

“…On the state and regional level, especially in areas with active or proposed development, people tend to be more familiar with it and aware of potential risks and benefits (Campbell, 2013). In addition, scholars have examined factors that are associated with these perceptions (Anderson and Theodori, 2009;Boudet et al, 2014;Brasier et al, 2011Brasier et al, , 2013Davis & Fisk, 2014;Theodori, 2009), drawing from studies of other contentious social issues (Besley, 2010;Gupta et al, 2012). Issue framing is one such factor.…”