The adoption of a hybrid approach to water rights known as the California doctrine in some western states of the United States (US) and Australia creates some doubt as to what factors drive scarcity and the evolution of property rights to water. In previous studies commentators have argued that...

In the context of highly liquid markets and intra-day data, Engle and Lange (2001) successfully develop a measure of market depth they call VNET. This article explores the applicability of a modified version of this measure in the case of the weekly market for seasonal water in rural Victoria....