🚨New Paper Alert!🚨 US drinking water earmarks target low-income, Black, Hispanic communities.🌊 Important b/c earmarks are criticized for targeting wealthy/politically connected communities. 💧 Drinking water important esp. due to Flint MI. www.nber.org/papers/w3205...

Do Earmarks Target Low-Income and Minority Communities? Evidence from US Drinking Water

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w @davidkeiserecon.bsky.social@brantjwalker.bsky.social 📊For example, US communities with higher poverty rates🏘️💵 receive more drinking water earmarks; also more subsidized loans through the Safe Drinking Water Act 🛠️