PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Anica, Sharaban T.
AU  - Elbakidze, Levan
TI  - Financial Assistance and Environmental Compliance
AID  - 10.3368/le.061121-0060R1
DP  - 2023 May 01
TA  - Land Economics
PG  - 222--244
VI  - 99
IP  - 2
4099  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/99/2/222.short
4100  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/99/2/222.full
SO  - Land Econ2023 May 01; 99
AB  - Using data from the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System compliance and the Clean Water State Revolving Funds (CWSRF) for wastewater treatment plants in nine states between 2010 and 2018, we examine (1) the effect of noncompliance on the distribution and size of awarded CWSRF loans, and (2) the effects of the CWSRF provision and award size on postfunding compliance. We observe that funded facilities have poorer compliance records than the unfunded ones and that funded facilities decrease violations within two years after receiving financial support. On average, a $50 million CWSRF loan decreases violations by one count within two postfunding years.