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Long-Term Economic Impacts of USDA Water and Sewer Infrastructure Investments in Oklahoma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 January 2015

Ivica Janeski  and
Brian E. Whitacre
Ivica Janeski
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma
Brian E. Whitacre
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma
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Abstract

One of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development's most popular programs is the funding for public water and sewer infrastructure projects in rural communities. This article reviews the water and sewer infrastructure projects funded in the state of Oklahoma between 1990 and 2000 and evaluates their impact on different measures of economic growth over both the short (one to 10 years) and long (10 to 20 years) term. Evaluation techniques include multivariate regression and average treatment effects. Results suggest that although most economic growth measures (population, income levels, and poverty levels) are not impacted by the program, housing values do show a statistically significant increase in communities receiving water or sewer infrastructure funding over the long term.

Keywords

average treatment effectseconomic growthpublic water infrastructurerural developmentH76O18RllR58
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Research Article
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 46 , Issue 1 , February 2014 , pp. 21 - 39
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2014

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