Plausibly Exogenous [1870] - Conservation (03/17/2025)

LHS Variable
Private conservation

RHS Variable
U.S. federal land programs

Source of Exogenous Variation
Variation across counties induced by the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)’s enrollment cycles and changes in eligibility

- Parker and Thurman (2011), “Crowding out open space: The effects of federal land programs on private land trust conservation”