The Impacts of Watershed Governance on Some Costs and Benefits of Water Resource Management: Plausibly Causal Estimates from the Twin Cities, MN

• In Event: Natural Resources Governance

Brief Overview

I investigate the effects of watershed governance through a natural experiment in MN’s Twin Cities. A state law change lets me use an event-study to estimate the impact of watershed planning on water quality, flood damages, and budget outcomes.

Author

• Terin Mayer, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities