The Economics of Commonly Owned Groundwater When User Demand Is Perfectly Inelastic

This paper provides a theoretical analysis of the common-pool resource dilemma in extracting nonrenewable groundwater resources when water demand is perfectly inelastic. It complements the existing theory of groundwater use, which assumes away the possibility of demand perfect inelasticity. Under pe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chenggang Wang, Eduardo Segarra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Western Agricultural Economics Association 2011-04-01
Series:Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
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Online Access:https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/105533