The Economic Value of Shale Natural Gas in Ohio

Ohio State University / by Mark Partridge and Amanda Weinstein
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[From a Cleveland Plain Dealer article] The economic boon of shale gas — ballyhooed for months by Gov. John Kasich and the gas industry — is overblown, a team of Ohio State University economists concludes.

Their independent study asserts that the development of shale gas might create 20,000 jobs over the next four years – not the 200,000 jobs the industry forecast in a study in September, just before Kasich’s heralded energy summit…

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