Economics of unconventional shale gas development : case studies and impacts

1. Introduction.- 2. Direct Economic Impact of the Value Chain of a Marcellus Shale Gas Well.- 3. Economic Impact Analysis on Washington County, PA.- 4. Economic Impact Analysis on Northeast PA Counties.- 5. Marcellus and the State of Pennsylvania.- 6. Marcellus and the State of West Virginia.- 7. Barnett, Eagle Ford, and the State of Texas.- 8. Communities under the Boom of Shale Gas Development.- 9. Origins and Consequences of State-level Variation in Shale Regulation: The Cases of Pennsylvania and New York.- 10. Balance between Economics and Environment: a Shale Gas Perspective.