How to find a socially desirable water allocation between agricultural and environmental use?
Por:
Bravo-Perez, HM, Castro-Ramirez, JC, Gutierrez-Andrade, MA
Publicada:
1 nov 2013
Resumen:
This paper presents the results from an analysis of the feasibility of
applying a fiscal policy to obtain an efficient allocation of water from
the Lerma-Chapala Basin. To perform this analysis, a hydro-economic
computable general equilibrium model was built. It was observed that the
Pareto optimality could be maintained when the price of agricultural
commodities increased, thereby decreasing water demand, as long as water
was transferred from Chapala Lake. The result is a decrease in the water
demand, which will produce an environmental benefit that, though it has
no market value, is useful to the inhabitants in the basin. Therefore, a
fiscal policy that taxes agricultural production can produce incentives
that would increase environmental services in Chapala Lake while
avoiding the cost of negotiating among agents in the basin.
Filiaciones:
Bravo-Perez, HM:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Econ, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Castro-Ramirez, JC:
Univ Autonoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Dept Econ, Mexico City 09340, DF, Mexico
Gutierrez-Andrade, MA:
Univ Autonoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Dept Ingn Elect, Mexico City 09340, DF, Mexico
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