Olmstead, Sheila M.Sigman, Hilary2014-08-152014-08-152014-07https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19384This 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.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOBASINBASIN MANAGEMENTCATCHMENTCATCHMENT AREACLIMATE CHANGECOASTAL AREASCONSEQUENCES OF DAMSDAMDAM BUILDINGDAM CONSTRUCTIONDAM HEIGHTDAM LOCATIONDAM SERVICESDECISION MAKINGDEMAND FOR IRRIGATION WATERDIVERTING WATERDOWNSTREAM AREASDOWNSTREAM COUNTRIESDRAINAGEFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSFLOOD CONTROLFLOOD CONTROL BENEFITSFREE-FLOWING RIVERSFRESH WATERFRESH WATER RESOURCESFRESHWATERGROUNDWATERGROUNDWATER MANAGEMENTGROUNDWATER PUMPINGGROUNDWATER SOURCESHEIGHT OF DAMSHYDRO DAMSHYDROELECTRIC DAMSHYDROELECTRIC POWERHYDROLOGICAL CYCLEHYDROLOGYHYDROPOWERIMPACTS OF DAMSIMPOUNDMENTIN-STREAM WATER QUALITYINTERNATIONAL RIVER BASINSINTERNATIONAL RIVERSINTERNATIONAL WATERINTERNATIONAL WATER RESOURCESINTERNATIONAL WATERSIRRIGATIONIRRIGATION WATERLAKELAKESLAND AREALARGE DAMLARGE DAMSLARGE RESERVOIRSLIVESTOCK WATERINGMAJOR DAMSMAJOR RIVERMANAGEMENT OF WATERNEW DAMPAPER PLANTSPOLLUTION CONTROLPOPULATION DENSITYPOWER GENERATIONRAINFALLRESERVOIRRESERVOIR CAPACITYRIPARIANRIPARIAN COUNTRIESRIVERRIVER BASINRIVER BASIN LEVELRIVER BASINSRIVER DAMSRIVER DISCHARGERIVER MANAGEMENTRIVER MOUTHRIVER POLLUTIONRIVER SUBBASINSRIVER SYSTEMRIVERSRUNOFFSEASONAL FLOWSSEDIMENT DEPOSITIONSHARED WATER RESOURCESSMALLER DAMSSOIL MOISTURESTORAGE CAPACITYSTREAMSTREAM WATERSTREAM WATER QUALITYSURFACE WATERTRANSBOUNDARY RIVERSTREATIESTRIBUTARIESUPSTREAM AREAURBAN WATERURBAN WATER SUPPLYVERY LARGE DAMSWATER ALLOCATIONWATER AVAILABILITYWATER DEVELOPMENTWATER POLICYWATER POLLUTIONWATER QUALITYWATER QUANTITYWATER RESOURCEWATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENTWATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENTWATER STORAGEWATERSHEDWATERSHED MANAGEMENTWELL INTERFERENCEWORLD RIVER10.1596/1813-9450-6992