Damming the Commons : An Empirical Analysis of International Cooperation and Conflict in Dam Location

This paper examines whether countries consider the welfare of other nations when they make water development decisions. The paper estimates econometric models of the location of major dams around the world as a function of the degree of internation...

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Main Authors:	Olmstead, Sheila M., Sigman, Hilary
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	BASIN BASIN MANAGEMENT CATCHMENT CATCHMENT AREA CLIMATE CHANGE COASTAL AREAS CONSEQUENCES OF DAMS DAM DAM BUILDING DAM CONSTRUCTION DAM HEIGHT DAM LOCATION DAM SERVICES DECISION MAKING DEMAND FOR IRRIGATION WATER DIVERTING WATER DOWNSTREAM AREAS DOWNSTREAM COUNTRIES DRAINAGE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FLOOD CONTROL FLOOD CONTROL BENEFITS FREE-FLOWING RIVERS FRESH WATER FRESH WATER RESOURCES FRESHWATER GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT GROUNDWATER PUMPING GROUNDWATER SOURCES HEIGHT OF DAMS HYDRO DAMS HYDROELECTRIC DAMS HYDROELECTRIC POWER HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE HYDROLOGY HYDROPOWER IMPACTS OF DAMS IMPOUNDMENT IN-STREAM WATER QUALITY INTERNATIONAL RIVER BASINS INTERNATIONAL RIVERS INTERNATIONAL WATER INTERNATIONAL WATER RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL WATERS IRRIGATION IRRIGATION WATER LAKE LAKES LAND AREA LARGE DAM LARGE DAMS LARGE RESERVOIRS LIVESTOCK WATERING MAJOR DAMS MAJOR RIVER MANAGEMENT OF WATER NEW DAM PAPER PLANTS POLLUTION CONTROL POPULATION DENSITY POWER GENERATION RAINFALL RESERVOIR RESERVOIR CAPACITY RIPARIAN RIPARIAN COUNTRIES RIVER RIVER BASIN RIVER BASIN LEVEL RIVER BASINS RIVER DAMS RIVER DISCHARGE RIVER MANAGEMENT RIVER MOUTH RIVER POLLUTION RIVER SUBBASINS RIVER SYSTEM RIVERS RUNOFF SEASONAL FLOWS SEDIMENT DEPOSITION SHARED WATER RESOURCES SMALLER DAMS SOIL MOISTURE STORAGE CAPACITY STREAM STREAM WATER STREAM WATER QUALITY SURFACE WATER TRANSBOUNDARY RIVERS TREATIES TRIBUTARIES UPSTREAM AREA URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY VERY LARGE DAMS WATER ALLOCATION WATER AVAILABILITY WATER DEVELOPMENT WATER POLICY WATER POLLUTION WATER QUALITY WATER QUANTITY WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT WATER STORAGE WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WELL INTERFERENCE WORLD RIVER
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spelling	okr-10986-193842021-04-23T14:03:52Z Damming the Commons : An Empirical Analysis of International Cooperation and Conflict in Dam Location Olmstead, Sheila M. Sigman, Hilary BASIN BASIN MANAGEMENT CATCHMENT CATCHMENT AREA CLIMATE CHANGE COASTAL AREAS CONSEQUENCES OF DAMS DAM DAM BUILDING DAM CONSTRUCTION DAM HEIGHT DAM LOCATION DAM SERVICES DECISION MAKING DEMAND FOR IRRIGATION WATER DIVERTING WATER DOWNSTREAM AREAS DOWNSTREAM COUNTRIES DRAINAGE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FLOOD CONTROL FLOOD CONTROL BENEFITS FREE-FLOWING RIVERS FRESH WATER FRESH WATER RESOURCES FRESHWATER GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT GROUNDWATER PUMPING GROUNDWATER SOURCES HEIGHT OF DAMS HYDRO DAMS HYDROELECTRIC DAMS HYDROELECTRIC POWER HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE HYDROLOGY HYDROPOWER IMPACTS OF DAMS IMPOUNDMENT IN-STREAM WATER QUALITY INTERNATIONAL RIVER BASINS INTERNATIONAL RIVERS INTERNATIONAL WATER INTERNATIONAL WATER RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL WATERS IRRIGATION IRRIGATION WATER LAKE LAKES LAND AREA LARGE DAM LARGE DAMS LARGE RESERVOIRS LIVESTOCK WATERING MAJOR DAMS MAJOR RIVER MANAGEMENT OF WATER NEW DAM PAPER PLANTS POLLUTION CONTROL POPULATION DENSITY POWER GENERATION RAINFALL RESERVOIR RESERVOIR CAPACITY RIPARIAN RIPARIAN COUNTRIES RIVER RIVER BASIN RIVER BASIN LEVEL RIVER BASINS RIVER DAMS RIVER DISCHARGE RIVER MANAGEMENT RIVER MOUTH RIVER POLLUTION RIVER SUBBASINS RIVER SYSTEM RIVERS RUNOFF SEASONAL FLOWS SEDIMENT DEPOSITION SHARED WATER RESOURCES SMALLER DAMS SOIL MOISTURE STORAGE CAPACITY STREAM STREAM WATER STREAM WATER QUALITY SURFACE WATER TRANSBOUNDARY RIVERS TREATIES TRIBUTARIES UPSTREAM AREA URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY VERY LARGE DAMS WATER ALLOCATION WATER AVAILABILITY WATER DEVELOPMENT WATER POLICY WATER POLLUTION WATER QUALITY WATER QUANTITY WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT WATER STORAGE WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WELL INTERFERENCE WORLD RIVER This paper examines whether countries consider the welfare of other nations when they make water development decisions. The paper estimates econometric models of the location of major dams around the world as a function of the degree of international sharing of rivers. The analysis finds that dams are more prevalent in areas of river basins upstream of foreign countries, supporting the view that countries free ride in exploiting water resources. There is weak evidence that international water management institutions reduce the extent of such free-riding. 2014-08-15T18:52:13Z 2014-08-15T18:52:13Z 2014-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/07/19898939/damming-commons-empirical-analysis-international-cooperation-conflict-dam-location http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19384 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6992 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Group, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic	BASIN BASIN MANAGEMENT CATCHMENT CATCHMENT AREA CLIMATE CHANGE COASTAL AREAS CONSEQUENCES OF DAMS DAM DAM BUILDING DAM CONSTRUCTION DAM HEIGHT DAM LOCATION DAM SERVICES DECISION MAKING DEMAND FOR IRRIGATION WATER DIVERTING WATER DOWNSTREAM AREAS DOWNSTREAM COUNTRIES DRAINAGE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FLOOD CONTROL FLOOD CONTROL BENEFITS FREE-FLOWING RIVERS FRESH WATER FRESH WATER RESOURCES FRESHWATER GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT GROUNDWATER PUMPING GROUNDWATER SOURCES HEIGHT OF DAMS HYDRO DAMS HYDROELECTRIC DAMS HYDROELECTRIC POWER HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE HYDROLOGY HYDROPOWER IMPACTS OF DAMS IMPOUNDMENT IN-STREAM WATER QUALITY INTERNATIONAL RIVER BASINS INTERNATIONAL RIVERS INTERNATIONAL WATER INTERNATIONAL WATER RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL WATERS IRRIGATION IRRIGATION WATER LAKE LAKES LAND AREA LARGE DAM LARGE DAMS LARGE RESERVOIRS LIVESTOCK WATERING MAJOR DAMS MAJOR RIVER MANAGEMENT OF WATER NEW DAM PAPER PLANTS POLLUTION CONTROL POPULATION DENSITY POWER GENERATION RAINFALL RESERVOIR RESERVOIR CAPACITY RIPARIAN RIPARIAN COUNTRIES RIVER RIVER BASIN RIVER BASIN LEVEL RIVER BASINS RIVER DAMS RIVER DISCHARGE RIVER MANAGEMENT RIVER MOUTH RIVER POLLUTION RIVER SUBBASINS RIVER SYSTEM RIVERS RUNOFF SEASONAL FLOWS SEDIMENT DEPOSITION SHARED WATER RESOURCES SMALLER DAMS SOIL MOISTURE STORAGE CAPACITY STREAM STREAM WATER STREAM WATER QUALITY SURFACE WATER TRANSBOUNDARY RIVERS TREATIES TRIBUTARIES UPSTREAM AREA URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY VERY LARGE DAMS WATER ALLOCATION WATER AVAILABILITY WATER DEVELOPMENT WATER POLICY WATER POLLUTION WATER QUALITY WATER QUANTITY WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT WATER STORAGE WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WELL INTERFERENCE WORLD RIVER
spellingShingle	BASIN BASIN MANAGEMENT CATCHMENT CATCHMENT AREA CLIMATE CHANGE COASTAL AREAS CONSEQUENCES OF DAMS DAM DAM BUILDING DAM CONSTRUCTION DAM HEIGHT DAM LOCATION DAM SERVICES DECISION MAKING DEMAND FOR IRRIGATION WATER DIVERTING WATER DOWNSTREAM AREAS DOWNSTREAM COUNTRIES DRAINAGE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FLOOD CONTROL FLOOD CONTROL BENEFITS FREE-FLOWING RIVERS FRESH WATER FRESH WATER RESOURCES FRESHWATER GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT GROUNDWATER PUMPING GROUNDWATER SOURCES HEIGHT OF DAMS HYDRO DAMS HYDROELECTRIC DAMS HYDROELECTRIC POWER HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE HYDROLOGY HYDROPOWER IMPACTS OF DAMS IMPOUNDMENT IN-STREAM WATER QUALITY INTERNATIONAL RIVER BASINS INTERNATIONAL RIVERS INTERNATIONAL WATER INTERNATIONAL WATER RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL WATERS IRRIGATION IRRIGATION WATER LAKE LAKES LAND AREA LARGE DAM LARGE DAMS LARGE RESERVOIRS LIVESTOCK WATERING MAJOR DAMS MAJOR RIVER MANAGEMENT OF WATER NEW DAM PAPER PLANTS POLLUTION CONTROL POPULATION DENSITY POWER GENERATION RAINFALL RESERVOIR RESERVOIR CAPACITY RIPARIAN RIPARIAN COUNTRIES RIVER RIVER BASIN RIVER BASIN LEVEL RIVER BASINS RIVER DAMS RIVER DISCHARGE RIVER MANAGEMENT RIVER MOUTH RIVER POLLUTION RIVER SUBBASINS RIVER SYSTEM RIVERS RUNOFF SEASONAL FLOWS SEDIMENT DEPOSITION SHARED WATER RESOURCES SMALLER DAMS SOIL MOISTURE STORAGE CAPACITY STREAM STREAM WATER STREAM WATER QUALITY SURFACE WATER TRANSBOUNDARY RIVERS TREATIES TRIBUTARIES UPSTREAM AREA URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY VERY LARGE DAMS WATER ALLOCATION WATER AVAILABILITY WATER DEVELOPMENT WATER POLICY WATER POLLUTION WATER QUALITY WATER QUANTITY WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT WATER STORAGE WATERSHED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WELL INTERFERENCE WORLD RIVER Olmstead, Sheila M. Sigman, Hilary Damming the Commons : An Empirical Analysis of International Cooperation and Conflict in Dam Location
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6992
description	This paper examines whether countries consider the welfare of other nations when they make water development decisions. The paper estimates econometric models of the location of major dams around the world as a function of the degree of international sharing of rivers. The analysis finds that dams are more prevalent in areas of river basins upstream of foreign countries, supporting the view that countries free ride in exploiting water resources. There is weak evidence that international water management institutions reduce the extent of such free-riding.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Olmstead, Sheila M. Sigman, Hilary
author_facet	Olmstead, Sheila M. Sigman, Hilary
author_sort	Olmstead, Sheila M.
title	Damming the Commons : An Empirical Analysis of International Cooperation and Conflict in Dam Location
title_short	Damming the Commons : An Empirical Analysis of International Cooperation and Conflict in Dam Location
title_full	Damming the Commons : An Empirical Analysis of International Cooperation and Conflict in Dam Location
title_fullStr	Damming the Commons : An Empirical Analysis of International Cooperation and Conflict in Dam Location
title_full_unstemmed	Damming the Commons : An Empirical Analysis of International Cooperation and Conflict in Dam Location
title_sort	damming the commons : an empirical analysis of international cooperation and conflict in dam location
publisher	World Bank Group, Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/07/19898939/damming-commons-empirical-analysis-international-cooperation-conflict-dam-location http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19384
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Damming the Commons : An Empirical Analysis of International Cooperation and Conflict in Dam Location

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