Addictive Economies and Coal Dependency
Addictive Economies and Coal Dependency
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令人上瘾的经济和煤炭依赖
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2012
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通讯作者：
G. Pavela
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R. Perdue;G. Pavela
政策制定者通常将资源开采视为当地经济和公民的布恩。然而，许多研究表明，采掘业对社区的社会经济产生了负面影响，支持了资源可能是诅咒而不是祝福的观点。这场辩论中需要进一步澄清的一个方面是提取方法所起的作用。在这篇文章中，我们使用的情况下，西弗吉尼亚州的煤矿开采和固定效应模型来测试是否提取方法影响社会经济的结果。我们观察到，地表和地下采矿的结果差别不大;相反，最重要的是有无采矿。我们发现，非矿业县的贫困率和失业率低于矿业县。这些结果使我们得出结论，从长远来看，将剩余的煤炭储存留在地下可能对该州的人民和经济最有利。
Policy makers generally see resource extraction as a boon for local economies and citizens. Numerous studies, however, have shown negative socioeconomic outcomes in extractive communities, supporting the notion that resources can be more of a curse than a blessing. One aspect of this debate that requires further clarification is the role played by method of extraction. In this article, we use the case of West Virginia coal mining and a fixed effects model to test whether extraction methods affect socioeconomic outcomes. We observe little difference in these outcomes between surface and underground mining; rather, it is the presence or absence of mining that matters most. We find that nonmining counties have lower poverty and unemployment rates than mining counties. These results lead us to conclude that leaving remaining coal stores in the ground will likely prove most beneficial to the state’s people and economy in the long run.