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Damming the Commons : An Empirical Analysis of International Cooperation and Conflict in Dam Location

Olmstead, Sheila M. - 2014

This paper examines whether countries consider the welfare of other nations when they make water development decisions. We estimate econometric models of the location of major dams around the world as a function of the degree of international sharing of rivers. We find that dams are more...

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Are Resettled Oustees from the Sardar Sarovar Dam Project Better off Today than their Former Neighbors who were not Ousted?

Aiyar, Swaminathan S. Anklesaria - 2018

The Sardar Sarovar Dam in Gujarat is arguably the most controversial dam ever built in India, with over a 100 … to the dam from influential NGOs, there is no systematic empirical study of its effects on the long-term wellbeing of the … ousted families. Our study investigates: Are resettled oustees from the Sardar Sarovar Dam project better off in 2017 …

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Dams

Duflo, Esther - 2005

dam is built, agricultural production does not increase but poverty does. In contrast, districts located downstream from … the dam benefit from increased irrigation and see agricultural production increase and poverty fall. Overall, our … estimates suggest that large dam construction in India is a marginally cost-effective investment with significant distributional …

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How Do Voters Respond to Welfare Vis-a-Vis Public Good Programs? Theory and Evidence of Political Clientelism

Bardhan, Pranab K.; Mitra, Sandip; Mookherjee, Dilip; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Using rural household survey data from West Bengal, we find that voters respond positively to excludable government welfare benefits but not to local public good programs, while reporting having benefited from both. Consistent with these voting patterns, shocks to electoral competition induced...

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Estimating the Impact of Microcredit on Those Who Take It Up : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Morocco

Crépon, Bruno - 2014

Morocco starting in 2006 by Al Amana, the country's largest microfinance institution. Al Amana was the only MFI operating in …

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Turning a Shove into a Nudge? A "Labeled Cash Transfer" for Education

Benhassine, Najy - 2013

make them expensive. We use a large randomized experiment in Morocco to estimate an alternative government-run program, a …

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Happiness on Tap : Piped Water Adoption in Urban Morocco

Devoto, Florencia - 2011

We study the demand for household water connections in urban Morocco, and the effect of such connections on household …

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Who Gains from Trade Reform? Some Remaining Puzzles

Harrison, Ann - 1999

This paper focuses on three unresolved issues with regard to the impact of trade reform. First, many studies linking trade reform to long run growth are surprisingly fragile. To illustrate the problems with this literature, we examine a popular measure of openness recently introduced by Sachs...

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Is "Learning-by-Exporting" Important? Micro-Dynamic Evidence from Colombia, Mexico and Morocco

Clerides, Sofronis - 1996

Is there any empirical evidence that firms become more efficient after becoming exporters? Do firms that become exporters generate positive spillovers for domestically-oriented producers? In this paper we analyze the causal links between exporting and productivity using firm-level panel data...

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Moving to Greener Pastures? Multinationals and the Pollution Haven Hypothesis

Eskeland, Gunnar A. - 2002

This paper presents evidence on whether multinationals are flocking to developing country 'pollution havens'. Although we find some evidence that foreign investors locate in sectors with high levels of air pollution, the evidence is weak at best. We then examine whether foreign firms pollute...

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