Economic Effects of Dam Construction in Iran

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Tajrishy, Mohammad Saeed | 2017

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Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
Language: Farsi
Document No: 49471 (44)
University: Sharif University of Technology
Department: Management and Economics
Advisor(s): Vesal, Mohammad
Abstract:
The economic effects of large dams that were constructed during 1370-1393 in Iran are explored in this thesis and their effects on agriculture and welfare of their own district and downstream districts are analyzed. Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) method is used to investigate these effects and for more accurate results, we control for geographical variables and rainfall. The results of this study show that dam construction leads to higher agricultural yield, production value and irrigated area in the dam’s own district; but it doesn’t affect yield, production and irrigated area of downstream districts. Also dam construction results in planting more water-intensive crops in their own district and less water-intensive crops in downstream districts. In addition, per capita expenditures in rural regions of downstream districts decrease in response to dam construction in upstream districts, but urban regions of the downstream district and also urban and rural regions of their own district aren’t influenced by dam construction
Keywords:
Dam Construction ; Development ; Iran ; Agriculture