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The paper provides an integrated framework to assess water markets in terms of their institutional underpinnings and the three ‘pillars’ of integrated water resource management: economic efficiency, equity and environmental sustainability. This framework can be used: (1) to benchmark...

Although there are few applications of game theory in the water governance literature, in this paper the author applies a game-theoretic framework to public-private partnerships in the water industry, with “water industry” defined broadly to include fresh water supply, wastewater treatment,...

We consider three explanations for public ownership: public interest, regulation, and a transaction cost interpretation. We employ a large dataset containing information on the municipal acquisition of U.S. private water companies between 1897 and 1915. Those data allow us to isolate the effects...