Markets for Water Potential and Performance /

Markets for Water: Potential and Performance dispels many of the myths surrounding water markets and gives readers a comprehensive picture of the way that markets have developed in different parts of the world. It is possible, for example, for a water market to fail, and for the transaction costs in...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Easter, K. William. (Editor), Rosegrant, Mark W. (Editor), Dinar, Ariel. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 1998.
Series:Natural Resource Management and Policy ; 15
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Online Access:View fulltext via EzAccess
Table of Contents:
  • Water Markets: Transaction Costs and Institutional Options
  • Institutional Requisites for Efficient Water Markets
  • Meeting Water Needs in Developing Countries: Resolving Issues in Establishing Tradable Water Rights
  • The Application of Water Market Doctrines in Texas
  • Water Markets in Colorado: Past Performance and Needed Changes
  • Negotiated Transactions as Conflict Resolution Mechanisms: Water Bargaining in the U.S. West
  • Expected Transaction Costs and Incentives for Water Market Development
  • Spot Prices, Option Prices, and Water Markets: An Analysis of Emerging Markets in California
  • Institutional and Organizational Arrangements for Water Markets in Chile
  • Economic and Financial Returns from ChileỚ"s Water Markets
  • Opportunities and Constraints to Improved Water Markets in Mexico
  • Water Markets in India: Economic and Institutional Aspects
  • Groundwater Markets in Pakistan: Institutional Development and Productivity Impacts
  • Economic Analysis of Water Markets in the Spanish Agricultural Sector: Can They Provide Substantial Benefits?
  • Welfare Gains From Potential Water Markets in Alberta, Canada
  • Development of Water Markets Using Experimental Economics
  • The Future of Water Markets: A Realistic Perspective.