The Cost of Collective Action: Fiscal Determinants of Municipal Participation in Regional Water Institutions

• In Event: Water Politics in the Age of Distrust: Governance, Risk, and Reform

Brief Overview

This study uses event history analysis to examine fiscal characteristics that shape when and why municipalities in the Lake Michigan Service Area join in, or opt-out of, regional water governance institutions.

Authors

• Kate Albrecht, University of Illinois Chicago

• Deborah A. Carroll, University of Illinois Chicago

• Laura Medwid, University of Illinois Chicago