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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; Friedman, Evan; Perez Archila, Manuel - 2022

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 - 2014

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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A Watershed Moment : The Clean Water Act and Birth Weight

Flynn, Patrick; Marcus, Michelle - 2023

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. Using a difference-in-differences framework, we compare birth weight upstream and downstream from wastewater...

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Watersheds in Child Mortality : The Role of Effective Water and Sewerage Infrastructure, 1880 to 1920

Alsan, Marcella; Goldin, Claudia - 2015

We explore the first period of sustained decline in child mortality in the U.S. and provide estimates of the independent and combined effects of clean water and effective sewerage systems on under-five mortality. Our case is Massachusetts, 1880 to 1920, when authorities developed a sewerage and...

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The Value of Scarce Water : Measuring the Inefficiency of Municipal Regulations

Mansur, Erin; Olmstead, Sheila M. - 2021

Rather than allowing water prices to reflect scarcity rents during periods of drought-induced excess demand, policy makers have mandated command-and-control approaches, like the curtailment of certain uses, primarily outdoor watering. Using unique panel data on residential end-uses of water, we...

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Climate Variability and Water Infrastructure : Historical Experience in the Western United States

Hansen, Zeynep Kocabiyik - 2010

Greater historical perspective is needed to enlighten current debate about future human responses to higher temperatures and increased precipitation variation. We analyze the impact of climatic conditions and variability on agricultural production in five semi-arid western states. We assemble...

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