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Aggregate impacts of recent U.S. natural gas trends

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Predictions about the macroeconomic impacts of recent U.S. natural gas trends vary widely. I re-evaluate the possible effects on U.S. economic activity using a standard general equilibrium model. Within this framework I show that increases in natural gas supply result in small-to-moderate economic gains, even with unemployment or under-utilized capital. Subsequent rises in economy-wide productivity are the key to magnifying the economic impacts of greater natural gas supply and resources. The 1995-2000 period, where U.S. productivity growth was driven by information technology, is a good starting point for comparing how American productivity may evolve because of natural gas.

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  • Arora, Vipin, 2013. "Aggregate impacts of recent U.S. natural gas trends," MPRA Paper 43708, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    1. Arora, Vipin, 2017. "Shale and the US Economy: Three Counterfactuals," MPRA Paper 79672, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    3. Arora, Vipin, 2018. "Natural Gas and the US Economy: Some Preliminary Rules of Thumb," MPRA Paper 87279, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    Keywords

    Natural gas; general equilibrium; unemployment; variable capacity; shale; productivity;
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    JEL classification:

    • E27 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications
    • E17 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models - - - Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications
    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
    • Q43 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Energy and the Macroeconomy

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