Economic Impact of Energy and Environmental Policy in Appalachia
December 2011Inforum and Keybridge Research
This report presents an analysis of the potential economic impact for Appalachia of federal, state, and local energy policies. A modeling framework was constructed that evaluated the impacts of policies at the national, state, and county level, for all of the counties in the Appalachian Region. This type of scenario-based economic modeling allows comparison of potential economic costs and benefits under alternative policy choices.
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