Marcellus Shale: Land Ownership, Local Voice, and the Distribution of Lease and Royalty Dollars

This paper examines land ownership within eleven Pennsylvania counties with Marcellus development activity, and the implications of that land ownership pattern for who has a ‘voice’ in decisions over the activity, and for the distribution of lease and royalty dollars.

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