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