Crime and natural resource booms: evidence from unconventional natural gas production
Crime and natural resource booms: evidence from unconventional natural gas production
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犯罪和自然资源繁荣：来自非常规天然气生产的证据
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2018
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T. Komarek
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T. Komarek
由于水力压裂和水平钻井的结合，美国经历了石油和天然气产量的突然增长。能源开采热潮产生了许多局部影响，尤其是在页岩气储量丰富的地区。本文利用马塞勒斯地区的一个自然实验来检验所谓资源诅咒的一个渠道，即资源开采对当地犯罪的影响。结果表明，经历天然气开采热潮的地区整体暴力犯罪增加，而财产犯罪与非繁荣地区相似。此外，暴力犯罪的增加似乎主要是由严重侵犯和性侵犯的增加所驱动的。
The USA has experienced a sudden expansion of oil and natural gas production due to the combination of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling. The energy extraction boom has had many localized impacts, most notably in areas with substantial shale gas reserves. This paper exploits a natural experiment in the Marcellus region to examine one channel of the so-called resource curse, the effect of resource extraction on local crime. The results show that areas experiencing a natural gas extraction boom suffer an increase in overall violent crimes, while property crimes remain similar to non-boom areas. Furthermore, the violent crime increase appears to be driven primarily by increases in aggravated and sexual assaults.