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Ashraf, Nava - 2017

Providing clean water requires maintenance, as well as the initial connections that are typically measured. Frequently, the water supply fails in the developing world, especially when users don't pay the marginal cost of water. This paper uses the timing of frequent, unexpected water service...

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Mediating Conflict in the Lab

Casella, Alessandra - 2020

the theory in a lab experiment where two subjects negotiate how to share a resource; in case of conflict, the subjects … they translate into significant increases in conflict …

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An Integrated Assessment of Water Markets : Australia, Chile, China, South Africa and the USA

Grafton, R. Quentin - 2010

The paper provides an integrated framework to assess water markets in terms of their institutional underpinnings and the three 'pillars' of integrated water resource management: economic efficiency, equity and environmental sustainability. This framework can be used: (1) to benchmark different...

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What Explains the Flow of Foreign Fighters to ISIS?

Benmelech, Efraim - 2016

This paper provides the first systematic analysis of the link between economic, political, and social conditions and the global phenomenon of ISIS foreign fighters. We find that poor economic conditions do not drive participation in ISIS. In contrast, the number of ISIS foreign fighters is...

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The Economic Origins of Conflict in Africa

McGuirk, Eoin - 2017

food-producing areas, higher food prices reduce conflict over the control of territory (what we call "factor conflict") and … increase conflict over the appropriation of surplus ("output conflict"). We argue that this difference arises because higher … factor conflict and output conflict. We validate local-level findings on output conflict using geocoded survey data on …

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The Long-run Effects of Agricultural Productivity on Conflict, 1400-1900

Iyigun, Murat - 2017

This paper provides evidence of the long-run effects of a permanent increase in agricultural productivity on conflict … permanently reduced conflict for roughly two centuries. The results are driven by a reduction in civil conflicts …

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Automated Enforcement of Irrigation Regulations and Social Pressure for Water Conservation

West, Jeremy D.; Fairlie, Robert W.; Pratt, Bryan E.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

This study evaluates two interventions for residential water conservation. Comparing households across an enforcement algorithm's cutoff using a regression discontinuity design, we find that automated irrigation violation warnings cause substantial water conservation but also shift some...

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A Watershed Moment : The Clean Water Act and Infant Health

Flynn, Patrick; Marcus, Michelle M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

The Clean Water Act (CWA) significantly improved surface water quality, but at a cost exceeding the estimated benefits. We quantify the effect of the CWA on a direct measure of health and incorporate health benefits into a cost-benefit analysis. Using a difference-in-differences framework, we...

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Market Design for Surface Water

Ferguson, Billy A.; Milgrom, Paul - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Many proposed surface water transfers undergo a series of regulatory reviews designed to mitigate hydrological and economic externalities. While these reviews help limit externalities, they impose substantial transaction costs that also limit trade. To promote a well-functioning market for...

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Do Earmarks Target Low-Income and Minority Communities? Evidence from US Drinking Water

Keiser, David A.; Mazumder, Bhashkar; Molitor, David; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

The quality and inequality of US drinking water investments have gained attention after recent environmental disasters in Flint, Michigan, and elsewhere. We compare the formula-based targeting of subsidized loans provided under the Safe Drinking Water Act with the targeting of congressional...

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