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Water economics Location: Auditorium P: Finn Kydland Session Chair: Benjamin Edelstein, University of Pennsylvania | |
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Rural Water Transfer and Urban Growth 1: Utah State University, United States of America; 2: University of Minnesota, United States of America We study the economic impacts of a rural-urban water transfer on an urban economy, using the 1920's Owens Valley water transfer to Los Angeles (LA) County---one of the largest and most controversial rural-urban water transfers in US history---as a natural experiment. We examine the transfer's overall effects on LA County's gross domestic product (GDP) per capita and its two primary components: the per-capita value of agricultural and manufacturing output. We also assess the water transfer's impact on subsequent urban sprawl in LA County. We find positive effects overall, i.e., the 1920's Owens Valley water transfer impelled decades-long GDP growth and urban sprawl in LA County. The county's overall economic growth was in turn driven by growth in its per-capita value of manufacturing output, at the expense of agricultural output. The study contributes to the understanding of the short- and long-term impacts of large water transfers on importing regions. | |