and downstream farmers pump groundwater that is lost upstream. Groundwater emerges as an endogenous backstop. The … farmers switch from traditional to modern irrigation technology …

instance, when farmers adopt groundwater extraction technology, they need to learn their private marginal cost and marginal … owners with less experience (owners of new wells) with groundwater technology, extract more water than the experienced owners …. Employing panel data at the district level in a fixed-effects model, we find that groundwater extraction rises as the growth …

myopic competitive (common) exploitation of groundwater resources to a long-term efficient and sustainable allocation. A … groundwater) and (b) a social planner's model (representing the cooperative and sustainable allocation). The deviation of their … equilibrium state of this system. The two models are then applied in a typical rural area of Greece where groundwater is the only …

myopic competitive (common) exploitation of groundwater resources to a long-term efficient and sustainable allocation. A … groundwater) and (b) a social planner’s model (representing the cooperative and sustainable allocation). The deviation of their … equilibrium state of this system. The two models are then applied in a typical rural area of Greece where groundwater is the only …

review of selected past water and agriculture reforms and extensive consultation with policy experts. A theory of change is …: charging water use in agriculture; removing subsidies that negatively impact water resources, regulating groundwater use and …

This paper examines the unintended consequences of a policy aimed at improving the groundwater level on crop residue … paddy before mid-June to preserve groundwater. Theoretically, this leaves a short window of time for clearing the field …

Kansas enacted enabling legislation in 1972 to permit creation of groundwater management districts (GMDs), which would … problem area exists – when an intensive groundwater use control area (IGUCA) is designated in a serious problem area, the …