Natural resources

Estimating the effect of land protection policy when regulatory boundaries can change

Environmental policies vary across space, and a growing body of empirical research compares land prices across administrative boundaries to estimate the causal effects of local policies. However, this approach can be confounded if the market …

The cost of endangered species protection: Evidence from auctions for natural resources

This paper examines the effect that endangered species regulation has on natural resource development. Specifically, we use data from competitive auctions to estimate the effect that land-use regulation protecting endangered caribou in the Canadian …