Progress 06/01/19 to 05/31/24
Outputs
Target Audience:During the course of this project,audiences targeted included professionals attendinginternational and national conference, especiallyacademics and practitioners from a variety of disciplines. We targeted academic journal readers through peer-reviewed publications. We also reached non-academics and practitioners through a variety of direct communications and stakeholder meetings in the field as well as virtual meetings andphone conversations. Specific and targeted foras where the PIs presented research results and policy recommendations included: PERC Workshop, Making Water Markets Work for Conservation, Bozeman, MT Victoria University, School of Government Seminar, Wellington, New Zealand PERC Workshop, Priming the Pump for Groundwater Markets, Bozeman, MT AGU, Frontiers in Hydrology Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico NBER/USDA Economic Perspectives on Water Resources, Climate Change, and Agricultural Sustainability Conference, Virtual AGU Annual Conference, New Orleans Human-Water Systems Monthly, Virtual ASSA Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA 17th Global Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons, Lima, Peru Workshop on the Workshop 6, Bloomington IN (2019) Workshop on the Workshop 7, Bloomington IN (2024) NIFA Annual PI meeting (2023 In addition, S. Smith and K. Andersson communicated insights to the stakeholders in San Luis Valley with leadership of the Rio Grande Water Conservation District (RGWCD) in 2022 and 2023 and at a RGWCD board meeting in the summer of 2024. In 2023, S. Smith also reported on the innovative governance to the Denver Association of Business Economists seeking to understand more about Colorado water economics. Changes/Problems:The field work portions of the grant were seriously impacted by the global COVID-19 pandemic. This primarily limited our efforts to develop and deploy a field experiment as we had set out to do. In addition, it negatively impacted our ability to return to the field and conduct the surface water organization surveys, although we overcame those challenges late in the project to conduct XX surveys in the summer of 2023. We continue to analyze that data for additional insights to be prepared for publication down the line. As seen in our products and accomplishments, these challenges were compensated for by expanding our efforts on water governance more generally and in tandem with other projects including the evolution and impact of surface water property rights in the Southwest (New Mexico and Colorado) and how surface water development is causally impacted by uncertainty over property rights in the West. We also analyzed the relative value of surface water and groundwater sources in providing resiliency to climate change in the American west as well as the emerging use of groundwater as resiliency tools in the more humid eastern US. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Research assistant Alex Gebben (PhD. Candidate, Mineral and Energy Economics, Colorado School of Mines) will complete his PhD this Fall (2024). Two chapters are comprised of this grant's analysis of the groundwater policies in the San Luis Valley and in preparation for submission as journal articles. He also participated in drafting and writing of a publication in regards to groundwater governance across the state. He has secured a full time position at the University of Wyoming as an Energy Economist, leading research at the Center for Business and Economic Analysis Through our consultant Michael Cox, Jonathan Loos (PhD candidate, Environmental Studies, Dartmouth University) took leadership and was mentored to draft a manuscript on the evolution of groundwater governance across regions of Colorado. He guided the manuscript from drafting to publication. Additional input was provided by Shauna Bulger., Dartmouth PhD student). Five graduate students in Behavioral Science from CU Boulder were trained and tasked with conducting 80personal interviews with SLV irrigators, which were completed in August 2023.. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Apart from the list of academic conferences and meetings, listed above under targeted audiences, we have also communicated our research findings directly with other communities of interest, such as State legislators, Rio Grande Water Conservation District officials, Denver Water, and Irrigation Associations in the SLV. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
(1) Assess the effectiveness of self-governing irrigation canal systems in responding to water scarcity. Updated and deployed survey instrument to surface water organizations in summer of 2023, expanding our sample temporally and spatially from our initial wave in 2013. The unique longitudinalanalysis shows the resilence of the famrer-managed system in times of extreme drought and increasing regulatory constraints. (2) Leverage a natural experiment to assess the environmental, social, and economic impacts of self-imposed economic incentives to improve groundwater governance Secured access to confidential micro-level agriculture census data through the USDA to complement our Hedonic valuation of the financial impact of the groundwater pumping fee. Analyzed these data to demonstrate the relative cost-effectiveness of the self-imposed economic incentives implmented in the San Luis Valley. The local water user associations in the Valley used our study as the main reference for new tweaks to their revenue-neutralpigouvian tax scheme. (3) Conduct behavioral field experiments to assess the likelihood of success for a variety of potential interventions Designed and implemented a behavioral experiment focusing on groundwater conervation strategies. Recuited localirrigators and local government officials participate in the experiment. Analyzed experimental data and drafted article for PLOS Water, currently under review (see products). Analytical results demonstrate the viabilty of behavioral games as a planning tool with groundwater decision makers, assessing the effectiveness of alternative policy instruments. (4)We will work with stakeholders to co-produce new scientific findings in these three focal areas, and because of the inclusiveness of the research process, the new knowledge will be both trusted and used in the three basins and beyond. Multiple meetings with stakeholders in the San Luis Valley to discuss prelininary research findings; meetings that served to inform the finalization of research findings and their interpretation. Specifically, the research team worked withstakeholders in San Luis Valley with leadership of the Rio Grande Water Conservation District (RGWCD). We also presented our workat a RGWCD board meeting in the summer of 2024. In 2023, S. Smith also reported on the innovative governance to the Denver Association of Business Economists who sought out our expertise to deepen theirunderstanding ofColorado water economics.
Publications
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Andersson, K.P., Boyes, C., Richards, 2023. Diagnosing and Responding to Environmental Problems: A Tool for Assessing Initial Intervention Options. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene.
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Boyes, C. Andersson, K.P., 2023. Getting Citizens to Conserve Drinking Water: A comparison of policy responses in Bogota, Colombia and Mexico, City. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene.
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Submitted
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Gebben, Alex and Steven M. Smith. Is Saving Water Enough? The Economic Sustainability of a Groundwater Fee.
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Submitted
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Andersson, Krister and Steven M. Smith. Conserving Groundwater: Why Irrigators Want to Increase their Own Costs.
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Submitted
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Gebben, Alex and Steven M. Smith. Policy Interactions of Water Conservation Programs. Is Efficiency always Efficient?.
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Submitted
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Cooley, Daniel and Steven M. Smith. Investment in Center Pivot Irrigation in the Corn Belt: Causes and Effects at the Field Level.
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Submitted
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Smith, Steven M., Eric Edwards, Shawn Regan, and Katherine Wright. Novel Conservation Easements to Address Groundwater Overextraction.
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Under Review
Year Published:
2024
Citation:
Demaree, K., Andersson, K.P., and Thomas, E. Development and evaluation of a digital behavioral economics game towards improved understanding of groundwater conservation in southern Colorado
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Progress 06/01/22 to 05/31/23
Outputs
Target Audience:During this reporting period, audiences targeted included international and national conference attendees, including academics and practitioners from a variety of disciplines. We targeted academic journal readers through peer-reviewed publications. We also reached non-academics and practitioners through a variety of direct communications, including phone conversations and meetings over zoom. Changes/Problems:The COVID pandemic forced us to adjust our data collection plans, but we have made good use of the freed-up time to advance on manuscript preparation and method development. Our universities have now lifted travel restrictions and we are ready to resume our field presence in the three basins. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The project has provided funding support to one GRA at Colorado School of Mines. The project also involves two doctoral students at Dartmouth College (who are fully funded from other sources). All of the three graduate students co-authored one of the published papers this year (Loos).All three students' dissertations are closely linked tothe research questions of this project and as such the project provides valuable hands-on experience to the students on howto conduct a field-based and inter-disciplinary research project. During the spring of 2023, the project hired five graduate students at the University of Colorado and trained them in how to conduict semi-structured interviews with iorrigation managers. The five students will spend June and July of 2023 interviewing a total of 200 irrigation managers throughout three river basins. These students will also be invited to form part of the research team that will analyze these data and write up the researh results during the next reporting period. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?We have disseminated results through conference presentations and peer-reviewed publications. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Both CU and Mines lifted their domestic trabvel restrictions, making it possible for the team to resume fieldwork in the three basins. We are planning to do so in the summer and fallof 2023, as described above. Goal 1: 1. Conduct stakeholder meetings and conduct interviews in all three basins 2. Analyze interview data, comparing [ers[ectives from three different basins Goal 2: 1.Analyze USDA-NASS micro-data, and 2. Assess potential for groundwater analysis with hydrologists. Goal 3: 1. Conduct behavioral economics games with irrigators in three basins, focusing on the simulation of two different treatments: regrenerative ag subsidies and peer comparisons of punping behavior. 2. Enroll a toatl of 120 irrigators to play these behavioral games. 3. Analyze behavioral games data and present at academic conference in the spring of 2024. Goal 4: 1. Present preliminary research findings to regional stakehoders at basin roundatble meetings during the fall of 2023. 2. Present research progress at the annual USDA NIFA Project Directors meeting on Washigton DC on July 22, 2023.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
GOAL 1 Self-governing canal system The presentation and preparation of the research manuscripts listed under "Products". Instrument for structured interviews with irrigation association mangers prepared, revised and approved by the University of Colorado's Institutional Review Board (IRB); Generated random stratified sample of the ditch manager populations in three Colorado basins; Field-tested interview instrument. Trained five graduate students to conduct structured interviews during the summer of 2023. Hired a field research coordinator, a post-doctoral part-time staff - to oversee fieldwork in situ during the summer of 2023. A research group consisting of the PI, Co-PI, a post-doc, and five graduate students from University of Colorado at Boulder meets biweekly to discuss research progress, especially focusing on operationalizing our core hypotheses and advances on manuscripts underway. GOAL 2 Natural experiment Received USDA approval for access to confidential agricultural census data (NASS); GRA completed first chapter of PhD Dissertationusing quantitative analysis of the changing economic value of real estate propoerty and use of ground water in irrigated agriculture in San Luis Valley, will defend dissertation in fall of 2023; Presented project research findings at the the following venues: a. . "NBER/USDA Economic Perspectives on Water Resources, Climate Change, and Agricultural Sustainability Conference, Virtual" b. AGU, Frontiers in Hydrology Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico c. PERC Workshop, Priming the Pump for Groundwater Markets, Bozeman, MT 4. Published papersin NBER WP series, Frontiers, and Environmental Resaerch Letters using data described above. 5.Completed analysis of CREP data to gauge prohgram effects on groundwater pumping in the San Luis Valley. GOAL 3 Behavioral experiment Developed experimental design for behavioral economics games Developed web-based interface to be used in behavioral economics games Developed step-by-step guidance document for game facilitators to follow. Secured IRB approval for behavioral game protocol Organized first workshop with irrigators to play behavioral game on June 10, 2023. GOAL 4 Stake holders We have kept in touch with stakeholders in all three basins during the pandemic. We have scheduled in-person meetings with ditch managers in the three basins during the summer of 2023. First of a series of workshops will be held on June 10, 2023.
Publications
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
Smith, S. M. (2022). The effects of individualized water rates on use and equity. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 114, 102673.
- Type:
Theses/Dissertations
Status:
Under Review
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Gebben, A. Hedonic Analysis of Self-Regulated Water Rules in the San Luis Valley. Ph.D. Dissertation. Golden, CO: The Colorado School of Mines.
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Smith, S.M. 2023. Center Pivot Irrigation Systems as a Form of Drought Risk Mitigation in Humid Regions. NBER Working Paper Series No. 30093 (May 2022). http://www.nber.org/papers/w30093
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2023
Citation:
Allen, J. J., & Smith, S. M. (2023). Market-oriented solutions for groundwater commons through collective-action. Environmental Research Letters, 18(4), 045006.
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
Loos, J. R., Andersson, K., Bulger, S., Cody, K. C., Cox, M., Gebben, A., & Smith, S. M. (2022). Individual to collective adaptation through incremental change in Colorado groundwater governance. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10.
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Progress 06/01/21 to 05/31/22
Outputs
Target Audience:During this reporting period, audiences targeted included international and national conference attendees, including academics and practitioners from a variety of disciplines. We targeted academic journal readers through peer-reviewed publications. We also reached non-academics and practitioners through a variety of direct communications, including phone conversations and meetings over zoom. Becasue of the COVID pandemic and its travel restrictions, we were unable to interact with stakeholders in person. Changes/Problems:The COVID pandemic forced us to adjust our data collection plans, but we have made good use of the freed-up time to advance on manuscript preparation and method development. Our universities have now lifted travel restrictions and we are ready to resume our field presence in the three basins. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The project has provided funding support to one GRA at Colorado School of Mines. The project also involves two doctoral students at Dartmouth College (who are fully funded from other sources). All three students' dissertations are closely linked to the research questions of this project and as such the project provides valuable hands-on experience to the students on how to conduct a field-based and inter-disciplinary research project. All three students are involved in co-authoring papers with the PI and Co-PI. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?We have disseminated results through conference presentations and peer-reviewed publications. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Both CU and Mines lifted their domestic trabvel restrictions, making it possible for the team to resume fieldwork in the three basins. We are planning to do so in the summer of 2022, as described above. Goal 1: 1.Conduct stakeholder meetings and conduct interviews in all three basins 2. Submit new manuscript on cross-basin comparison of farmer-initiated policy repsonses to water scarcity Goal 2: 1. Prepare Hedonic valuation manuscript for submission; 2. AnalyzeUSDA-NASS micro-data, and 3. Assess potential for groundwater analysis with hydrologists. Goal 3: 1. Present, discuss, and prioritize (together with stakeholders) innovative groundwater interventions for increased costeffectiveness of ground water conservation 2. Design lab-in-the-field experiments to reflect the stakeholders' priorities 3. Apply for IRB apporval for the experimental designs 4 Pilot the behavioral experiments with undergraduate populations Goal 4: 1. Present research findings to regional stakehoders at basin roundatble meeting
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
GOAL 1 Self-governing canal system 1. The presentation and preparation of the research manuscripts listed above under products. 2. Survey instrument prepared, revised and approved by the University of Colorado's Institutional Review Board (IRB); 3. Data to generate random stratified sample of the ditch population has been gathered; 4. Conducted phone interviews with key informants from four Colorado water basins. 5. A research group consisting of the PI, Co-PI, GRA, a consultant, and two graduate students from Dartmouth College meets biwekly to discuss research progress, especially focusing on operationalizing our core hyptjheses and advances on manuscripts underway. Becasue of the pandemic, the focus of these meetings shifted from mere planning and coordination to contain more substantive research discussions. As a result, we have a co-authored draft manuscript of a cross-basin comparison of farmer-initiated policy responses to water shortages. The manuscript has GOAL 2 Natural experiment 1. Received USDAapproval for access to confidential agricultural census data (NASS); 2. GRA completed manuscript submission of paper using quantitative analysis of the changing economic value of real estate propoerty and use of ground water in irrigated agricultureinSan Luis Valley; 3. Presented findings at the Human-Water System Monthly series (virtually); 4. Collaborated with a leading Hydrologist colleague at Colorado School of Mines to construct a sophisticated model of the groundwater system to analyze the hydrological implications for the San Luis Valley Basin. GOAL 3 Behavioral experiment 1. Conducted literature review on potential groundwater conservation measures and interventions that would lend themselves for a lab-in-the-field experiment. We intend to present and discuss these with farmer representatives during the summer of 2022 so that we can design the experiments in a way that reflects the interventions they are most interested in. GOAL 4 Stake holders 1. We have kept in touch with stakeholders in all three basins during the pandemic. We have scheduled in-person meetings with ditch managers in the three basins during the summer of 2022.
Publications
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2022
Citation:
Smith, S. M. (2022). Dynamics of the Legal Environment and the Development of Communal Irrigation Systems. International Journal of the Commons, 16(1).
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2021
Citation:
Cooley, D., Maxwell, R. M., & Smith, S. M. (2021). Center pivot irrigation systems and where to find them: a deep learning approach to provide inputs to hydrologic and economic models. Frontiers in Water, 178.
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2021
Citation:
Smith, S. M., & Edwards, E. C. (2021). Water storage and agricultural resilience to drought: historical evidence of the capacity and institutional limits in the United States. Environmental Research Letters, 16(12), 124020.
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Progress 06/01/20 to 05/31/21
Outputs
Target Audience:During this reporting period, audiences targeted included international and national conference attendees, including academics and practitioners from a variety of disciplines. We targeted academic journal readers through peer-reviewed publications. We also reached non-academics and practitioners through a variety of direct communications, including phone conversations and meetings over zoom. Becasue of the COVID pandemic and its travel restrictions, we were unable to interact with stakeholders in person. Changes/Problems:The COVID pandemic forced us to adjust our data collection plans, but we have made good use of the freed-up time to advance on manuscript preparationand method development. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The project has provided funding support to one GRA at Colorado School of Mines. The project also involves two doctoral students at Dartmouth College (who are fully funded from other sources). All three students'dissertations areclosely linked to the research questions of this project and as such the project provides valuable hands-on experience to the students on how to organize a field-based and inter-disciplinary research project. All three students are involved in co-authoring papers with the PI and Co-PI. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?We have disseminated results through conference presentations and peer-reviewed publications. Travel restrictions permitting, we will present and discuss findings with stakeholders later this year. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Goal 1: 1. Finalize the samplingof ditches and associations for the three basins 2. Submit finalized research protocols to the University of Colorado's IRB 3. Conduct stakeholder meetings and conduct interviews in at least two basins 4. Submit new manuscript on cross-basin comparison of farmer-initiated policy repsonses to water scarcity Goal 2: 1. Prepare Hedonic valuation manuscript for submission; 2.Complete analysis of CREP and groundwater fee and prepare a manuscript; 3. Access USDA-NASS micro-data to prepare for financial analysis, and 4. Assess potential for groundwater analysis with hydrologists. Goal 3: 1. Present,discuss, and prioritize (together with stakeholders) innovative groundwater interventions for increased cost-effectiveness of ground water conservation 2. Design lab-in-the-field experiments to reflect the stakeholders' priorities 3. Apply for IRB apporval for the experimental designs 4Pilot the behavioral experiments with undergraduate populations during AY21-22 Goal 4: 1. Travel restrictions permitting, discuss priority research questions to ensure relavance of the survey instrument and experimental design 2. Provide write ups/presentations on any finalized research findings to be communicated as regional leaders find most suitable
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
GOAL 1 Self-governing canal system 1. The presentation and preparation of the research manuscript listed above under products. 2.Survey instrument prepared; 3. Data to generate random stratified sample of the ditch population has been gathered; 3. A research group consisting of the PI, Co-PI, GRA, two consultants, and two graduate students from Dartmouth College meets biwekly to discuss research progress, especially focusing on operationalizing our core hyptjheses and advances on manuscripts underway. Becasue of the pandemic, the focus of these meetings shifted from mere planning and coordination to contain more substantive research discussions. As a result, we have a co-authored draft manuscript of a cross-basin comparison of farmer-initiated policy responses to water shortages. GOAL 2 Natural experiment 1. Proposed and got approved for access to confidential census data through USDA-NASS; 2. GRA completed qualifying exam based on the natural experimentdata, the manuscript is now under preparation for submission; 3. Presented findings at the Human-Water System Monthly series (virtually); 4. Initiated collaboration with a leading Hydrologist colleague at Colorado School of Mines to construct a sophisticated model of the groundwater system to analyze the hydrological implications for the San Luis Valley Basin. GOAL 3 Behavioral experiment 1. Conducted literature review on potential groundwater conservation measures and interventions that would lend themselves for a lab-in-the-field experiment. We intend to present and discuss these with farmer representatives this summer so that we can design the experiments in a way that reflects the interventions they are most interested in. GOAL 4 Stake holders 1. We have kept in touch with stakeholders in all three basins during the pandemic. We are hopeful that by the end of the summer, we will be able to meet in person to agree on a plan for coducting fieldwork that is safe and efficient.
Publications
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2021
Citation:
Smith, S.M. (2021) The Relative Economic Merits of Alternative Water Right Systems. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. Vol. 105
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Under Review
Year Published:
2021
Citation:
Alston, E., Smith, S.M. Development Derailed: Uncertain Property Rights and Coordinated Investment. (revision submitted)
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2020
Citation:
Andersson, K.P. Chang, K. Molina Garzon, A.L. 2020. Voluntary Leadership and the Emergence of Institutions for Self-Governance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(44):27292-9.
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Under Review
Year Published:
2021
Citation:
Smith, S.M., Edwards, E. Water Storage and Agricultural Resilience to Drought: Historical Evidence of the Capacity and Institutional Limits in the United States. (under review)
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Under Review
Year Published:
2021
Citation:
Smith. S.M. The Legal Environment and the Development of Communal Irrigation Systems. (under review)
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Progress 06/01/19 to 05/31/20
Outputs
Target Audience:During Year 1 reporting period, audiences targeted included international and national conference attendees, including academics and practitioners from a variety of disciplines. We targeted academic journal readers through peer-reviewed publications. We also reached non-academics and practitioners through a variety of direct communications, including phone conversations, personal interactions, and meetings with stakeholders in the study areas. Changes/Problems:The novel Corona virus has forced us to postpone our plans for fieldwork. We are instead using this time to advance our analystical ideas and manuscript development. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?1. GRA at Mines works 50 percent on the project and is involved as co-author on multiple publciations. 2. Two doctoral students at Dartmouth are participating as research assitants (funded by sources outside of this project) and plan to conduct dissertation fieldwork to help collect data in the three basins. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Goal 1: Complete survey instrument Pilot survey to a unsampled ditch companies. Prepare manuscript of cross-basin comparison of collective-action history Goal 2: Complete analysis of CREP and groundwater fee and prepare a manuscript Access USDA-NASS micro-data to prepare for financial analysis Assess potential for groundwater analysis with hydrologists Goal 3: Solicit innovative groundwater interventions from the communities of interest to integrate in the experimental design (goal 4 as well). Draft protocol and test on undergraduate populations during AY20-21 Goal 4: Iterate with stakeholders on questions they seek in order to maximize the usefulness of the survey instrument and experimental design Provide write ups/presentations on any finalized research findings to be communicated as regional leaders find most suitable.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
GOAL1 Self-governing canal system The presentation and preparation of the research manuscript listed above under products. Outside consultants contracted to critically assess previous survey instrument and draft the new survey instrument to expand the sample across space and provide a panel within the San Luis Valley. The PI, Co-PI, consultants and two graduate students from Dartmouth College meet biwekly to discuss research progress, especially focusing on operationalizing our core hyptjheses and advances on manuscripts underway.. GOAL 2 Natural experiment Updated data sources from prior sample (2009-2013) to include 2014-2018 with flexible methods to allow additional updates throughout the project (2022). Reviewed and summarized distinct groundwater rules across all six subdistricts. Gathered spatial data on the enrollment of land in the CREP program to support analysis of the potential spillover effects. Connecting with Hydrologist colleagues to construct a sophisticated model of the groundwater system to analyze the hydrological implications. Working with the USDA-NASS office to prepare a request for micro-level census data in order to analyze the financial implications. GOAL 3 Behavioral experiment Met with research team in August, 2019 and again in January and Februray, 2020, to create preliminary draft of protocol and experimental design. GOAL 4 Stake holders Planning formal introductions to the communities of interest through their monthly Water Basin Roundtables. Attended roundtable meetings with stakeholders in two basins to introduce the project and our plans to work with the famers in the near future.
Publications
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Under Review
Year Published:
2020
Citation:
Andersson, K., CHang, K., Molina Garzon, A. under review. Voluntary Leadership and the Emergence of Institutions for Self-Governance.
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Under Review
Year Published:
2020
Citation:
Smith, Steven M. (2019) The Relative Economic Merits of Alternative Water Rights. http://econbus-papers.mines.edu/working-papers/wp201908.pdf
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