How Federal Pollution Discharge Permits Affect U.S. Water Quality: A Study on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations

Author

Cloe C. Mueller, CUNY Hunter CollegeFollow

Date of Award

Summer 8-3-2022

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Economics

First Advisor

Partha Deb

Second Advisor

Bipasha Chatterjee

Academic Program Adviser

Karna Basu

Abstract

This paper uses difference-in-difference regression models to examine how state-level pollution discharge permits on concentrated animal feeding operations affect U.S. water quality. I ultimately deem the permitting to be ineffective at improving water quality, calling attention to the need to re-evaluate the ``socially optimal level of pollution."

Recommended Citation

Mueller, Cloe C., "How Federal Pollution Discharge Permits Affect U.S. Water Quality: A Study on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations" (2022). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/930