From 3eb5f3b4d393cfd8bbcdde18aa33801658ba0e3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 17:27:39 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Saving work --- LATEX/Chapter_I/Chapter_I.tex | 80 +++++++++++++++++-------------- LATEX/Chapter_II/Chapter_II.tex | 22 +++++++++ LATEX/Chapter_III/Chapter_III.tex | 22 +++++++++ LATEX/Defense.tex | 5 +- 4 files changed, 91 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-) create mode 100644 LATEX/Chapter_II/Chapter_II.tex create mode 100644 LATEX/Chapter_III/Chapter_III.tex diff --git a/LATEX/Chapter_I/Chapter_I.tex b/LATEX/Chapter_I/Chapter_I.tex index 8e93d10..1a29884 100644 --- a/LATEX/Chapter_I/Chapter_I.tex +++ b/LATEX/Chapter_I/Chapter_I.tex @@ -1,42 +1,50 @@ -\begin{frame}[plain] - \centering +\begin{frame}{Chapter I} \huge -Chapter I: Collective Action to Manage Agricultural Groundwater, Drivers and Outcomes + \bf{Collective Action to Manage Agricultural Groundwater.} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{frame}{Guiding Questions} +\only<1-5>{\Large + \onslide<1->{Was collective action in the San Luis Valley (SLV) undertaken primarily to improve farm profits or to avoid institutional risk?} + \vfill +\large + +\onslide<2->{Hedonic difference-in-difference of the formation of the water conservation Subdistrict 1 (Sbd1). Farm census DiD of revenue and operating costs. .} + \begin{itemize} + \onslide<3->{\item{Collective action was a response to risk of well curtailment by Colorado.}} + \onslide<4->{\item{Farm values declined by 43\% when Sbd1 formed.}} + \onslide<5->{\item{Yearly farm profits fall by 20\%.}} + \end{itemize} +} +\only<6->{ + \Large How have pumping fees and other self imposed groundwater policies changed farmer welfare? + \vfill \large - \onslide<1>{Which economic considerations drive collective action of groundwater management?} - \newline - \newline - \onslide<2>{How have collective management efforts changed the welfare of San Luis Valley farmers (SLV)?} -\end{frame} -%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -\begin{frame}{Strategy} - Study of the Rio Grande Water Conservation Subdistrict 1 (Sbd1.) formation in 2006. + \onslide<7->{Event study of farm land prices.} \begin{itemize} - \onslide<2->{\item{Hedonic model of groundwater value}} - \begin{itemize} - \item{Gather farm sales records of the SLV} - \item{Difference-in-differences of Sbd1. and other SLV farms in 2006} - \item{Use farm outside of te sales records of (Sbd1)} - \item{outside of te sales records of (Sbd1)} - \end{itemize} - - \onslide<3->{\item{Economically distinct aspects of nuclear markets}} - \onslide<4->{\item{Unique economic cost considerations}} + \onslide<8->{\item{Sbd1, land values increase as the polcies are adopted.}} + \onslide<9->{\item{Rebound of 85\% by 2020.}} \end{itemize} - +} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -\begin{frame} +\subsection{Background} +\begin{frame}{Subdistrict 1 background: formation and policy} + Sbd1 is a subdistrict of the Rio Grande Water Conservation District formed in 2006. + \begin{itemize} - \item{Pumping fee reduced extraction by 33\% \citep{smith2017}} - \item{Economically distinct aspects of nuclear markets} - \item{Unique economic cost considerations} + \onslide<2->{\item{Majority vote by farms required for formation.}} + \onslide<3->{\item{Majority vote based on land owned.}} + \onslide<4->{\item{Authority to asses fees on water and land}} + \onslide<5->{\item{Pumping fee of \$45 per acre-foot in 2011}} + \onslide<6->{\item{Pumping fee raised to \$75 in 2012, \$90 in 2019, \$150 in 2020}} + \onslide<7->{\item{The fee lowered water use by 33\% \citep{smith2017}}} + \onslide<8->{\item{Fees fund administration,conservation, and augmentation}} \end{itemize} + \end{frame} + %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %\begin{frame}{Location of Subdistrict 1 wells\begin{spacing}{0} %\tiny \citep{coloradodivisionofwaterresourcesStructures2024}\end{spacing}} @@ -51,7 +59,6 @@ Chapter I: Collective Action to Manage Agricultural Groundwater, Drivers and Out \hfill\tiny Map creation tool from \citep{coloradodivisionofwaterresourcesStructures2024}\end{spacing} \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -\subsection{Background} \begin{frame}{San Luis Valley Agriculture} \begin{columns} \begin{column}{0.57\textwidth} @@ -99,16 +106,6 @@ Chapter I: Collective Action to Manage Agricultural Groundwater, Drivers and Out \begin{frame}{Water level of the San Luis Valley confined aquifer} \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{Chapter_II/Figures/GW_LEVEL.pdf} \end{frame} -%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -\begin{frame}{Contemporary Accounts} - \begin{block}{Doug Shriver, potato and wheat farmer} - ``I feel it is important that we handle our own problems, and this is an opportunity for us to fix those problems ourselves rather than have the State fix them for us. It really is the right thing to do, because we caused the problem." \citep{heide2005}\end{block} -%\begin{quotation}``I think it is inevitable that ground in the San Luis Valley is going to be fallowed whether by subdistricts or CREP or well regulation or simply running out of adequate supplies of water....I do care about the valley, and think I am in a position to understand what we are facing whether it feels like ‘Chicken Little’ or not. [We have] to try to come to some resolution without a wreck." \citep{heide2005}\end{quotation} -%\hspace{\parindent}\hspace{\parindent}\hspace{\parindent}--Ray Wright, President, Rio Grande Water Conservation District -%\newline - \begin{block}{Ray Wright, President, Rio Grande Conservations District}``They’ve pumped the bottom out of the barrel. And we are trying to get a groundwater management subdistrict up there, and it is like pulling teeth...In other areas, people are very interested in trying to put something together...A lot of people will say, ‘Oh, they will never come in here and regulate wells.’ And Hal Simpson [the State Engineer] has told them several times, ‘If you don’t do something, I’m going to be here'." \citep{ralphcurtis2005}\end{block} -\end{frame} -%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{frame} \begin{figure}% \centering @@ -144,6 +141,15 @@ Chapter I: Collective Action to Manage Agricultural Groundwater, Drivers and Out \only<1>{\input{Chapter_I/tables/All_Models.tex}} \only<2>{\input{Chapter_I/tables/All_Models_Small.tex}} \end{frame} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +\begin{frame}{Contemporary Accounts} + \begin{block}{Ray Wright, President, Rio Grande Water Conservation District} +``I think it is inevitable that ground in the SLV is going to be fallowed whether by subdistricts or CREP or well regulation or simply running out of adequate supplies of water....I am in a position to understand what we are facing whether it feels like ‘Chicken Little’ or not. [We have] to try to come to some resolution without a wreck." \citep{heide2005}\end{block} +\vfill + \begin{block}{Ray Wright, President, Rio Grande Conservations District}``They’ve pumped the bottom out of the barrel. And we are trying to get a groundwater management subdistrict up there, and it is like pulling teeth...In other areas, people are very interested in trying to put something together...A lot of people will say, ‘Oh, they will never come in here and regulate wells.’ And Hal Simpson [the State Engineer] has told them several times, ‘If you don’t do something, I’m going to be here'." \citep{ralphcurtis2005}\end{block} +\end{frame} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{frame} \centering diff --git a/LATEX/Chapter_II/Chapter_II.tex b/LATEX/Chapter_II/Chapter_II.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000..08f0bcb --- /dev/null +++ b/LATEX/Chapter_II/Chapter_II.tex @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +\begin{frame}{Chapter II} + \huge + \bf{Policy Interactions of Water Conservation Programs.} +% \bf{Policy Interactions of Water Conservation Programs. Is Efficiency Always Efficient?} + +\end{frame} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +\begin{frame}{Guiding Question} + \Large + How does Subdistrict 1 water management change the efficacy of federal payment for environmental services (PES) water conservation efforts? + \large + \vfill +\onslide<2-> Staggered DiD study of the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) for Subdistrict 1 farms initiated in 2014. + \begin{itemize} + \onslide<3->{\item{Effect from enrolled wells, neighboring wells, and selection in the program }} + \onslide<4->{\item{The federal PES conserves 32\% less ground water. }} + \onslide<5->{\item{Program costs rise by 29.5\%. }} + \onslide<6->{\item{Payment flows to the farmers most harmed by the Subdistrict pumping fee.}} + \end{itemize} +\end{frame} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + diff --git a/LATEX/Chapter_III/Chapter_III.tex b/LATEX/Chapter_III/Chapter_III.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b02056a --- /dev/null +++ b/LATEX/Chapter_III/Chapter_III.tex @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +\begin{frame}{Chapter III} + \huge + \bf{Bitcoin Mining, the Next Shale Boom?} +\end{frame} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +\begin{frame}{Guiding Question} + \Large + How will bitcoin mining change oil production decisions in the United States? + \large + \vfill +\onslide<2->{Basin and state fixed effect model of flared gas value. Structural vector autoregression (SVAR) model of oil production elasticity. Time series model of bitcoin mining energy use.} + \begin{itemize} + \onslide<3->{\item{Effect depends on location}} + \onslide<4->{\item{Response is \emph{not sensitive} to bitcoin price}} + \onslide<4->{\item{Response is sensitive to natural gas price}} + \onslide<5->{\item{Up to a 0.55\% increase in oil production}} + \onslide<6->{\item{Oil revenues could increase by 0.63\%}} + \onslide<7->{\item{Global oil price would decline by 0.2\%}} + \end{itemize} +\end{frame} +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% + diff --git a/LATEX/Defense.tex b/LATEX/Defense.tex index 78918e0..0cca0be 100644 --- a/LATEX/Defense.tex +++ b/LATEX/Defense.tex @@ -66,11 +66,14 @@ \end{frame} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \section{Chapter I: Collective Action to Manage Agricultural Groundwater, Drivers and Outcomes}\label{ChapterI} -\input{Chapter_I/Chapter_I.tex} + \input{Chapter_I/Chapter_I.tex} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \section{Chapter II: Policy Interactions of Water Conservation Programs. Is Efficiency Always Efficient?}\label{ChapterII} + \input{Chapter_II/Chapter_II.tex} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \section{Chapter III: Bitcoin Mining, the Next Shale Boom?}\label{ChapterIII} + \input{Chapter_III/Chapter_III.tex} + %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \begin{frame}