Small Business Research Summary

This study examines the impacts on small business of the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The study scope covered three counties and five parishes in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi (Table 1). For time and resource reasons, the authors’ methodology did not cover Orleans Parish/New Orleans, due to its size and diversity. The scope of the study was also unable to capture the macroeconomic effects and the downstream supply chain impact of the oil spill and drilling moratorium.

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