This paper uses an updated and revised panel data set on ambient air pollution in cities world-wide to examine the …

investment. This paper uses a randomized evaluation in Kenya to measure the health impacts of investments to improve source water … impacts of alternative water property rights norms and institutions, including common property, freehold private property, and … institutions, such as "modified Lockean" property rights, government investment or vouchers for improved water, could yield higher …

production in five semi-arid western states. We assemble county-level data on dams and other major water infrastructure … analyze the impact of water infrastructure investments on crop mix and yields in affected counties relative to similarly …-endowed counties that lack such infrastructure. We find that water infrastructure smoothes agricultural crop production and increases …

Economic Review addressed issues of water supply, rights, and organization. These same issues have relevance today 100 years … later in face of growing concern about the availability of fresh water worldwide as demand grows and as supplies become more … uncertain due to the potential effects of climate change. The central point of this article is that appropriative water rights …

Fresh water supplies increasingly are under stress in many parts of the world due to rising populations, higher per … capita incomes and corresponding consumption, greater environmental concerns, and the effects of climate change. Water rights … and markets are part of the institutional menus for responding to these problems. We examine water markets in both …

and health technologies in real-world settings where behavior may temper impacts, and to test them over a long enough …