Costs of inefficient regulation: Evidence from the Bakken

Gabriel Lade () and Ivan Rudik
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Ivan Rudik: Cornell University

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Abstract: Efficient pollution regulation equalizes marginal abatement costs across sources. We study a new flaring regulation in North Dakota and document its efficiency. We attribute most of the observed flaring reductions at new wells in the state since late 2014 to the regulation. We construct firm-specific marginal abatement cost curves and find that the same quantity of flaring reductions could have been achieved at 44% lower cost by taxing flared gas instead of imposing firm-specific requirements. Taxing flared gas at the existing public lands royalty rate would achieve 99% of the flaring reductions at 46% lower cost.

Date: 2020-05-13
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Journal Article: Costs of inefficient regulation: Evidence from the Bakken (2020)
Working Paper: Costs of Inefficient Regulation: Evidence from the Bakken (2018)
Working Paper: Costs of Inefficient Regulation: Evidence from the Bakken (2017)
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