A Dynamic Regional Impact Analysis of Federal Expenditures of a Water and Related Land Resource Project -- The Boise Project of Idaho. Part III. Economic Scenario of the Boise Region 'Without' a Federal Irrigation Project, Economics Subproject

摘要

Two models were used to estimate the economic conditions in Idaho and the Boise region if the federally funded Boise Irrigation Project had never been built. A hydrologic model of the natural unregulated flows of the Boise and Payette Rivers was used to estimate the gross crop output that would have occurred without the Boise Project. Based on data from the hydrologic model an interregional trade flow model was also developed. The pattern for income is similar. The relative success of the Project is justified on the basis of economic efficiency.