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 … Drinking Water Act with the targeting of congressional drinking water earmarks ("pork barrel" spending). Earmarks are often … targeting differ significantly across all the demographics we analyze. Compared to Safe Drinking Water Act loans, earmarks …