Groundwater is a key resource for agricultural production globally. Increasingly rapid aquifer drawdowns--as well as … consequences. This paper provides the first large-scale empirical estimates of how farmers respond to changes in groundwater costs … variation in the price of electricity, a key input into groundwater extraction, we find that farmers are very price responsive …

Evidence from Pakistan's Punjab indicates that monopoly power in the market for groundwater (irrigation water extracted … groundwater, a welfare analysis shows that monopoly pricing of groundwater has limited effects on equity and efficiency. Policies …, Murgai, and Rehman examine monopoly power in the market for groundwater - irrigation water extracted using private tubewells …