cooperation remains much less investigated, although it has been studied in the context of transboundary river basins. Even for … cooperation is stronger. Here we concurrently investigate both cooperation and conflict in transboundary river basins across the … terms. Furthermore, lower water availability is associated with worse outcomes both through fewer cooperation events and …

We survey the economics of transboundary river water allocation, which emerged in the 1960s and has matured over the … attention to the strategic aspects of transboundary river water allocation. These strategic aspects are captured by employing … game theory to assess the economics of transboundary river water allocation in a simple model of river sharing. This model …

romantic River Nile's water is one of those issues. The current paper discusses some of those issues and concludes that … continent's countries. Fresh water is one of the most important economic issues in the third millennia. The legendary and … collective work and actions are direly required by the River Nile riparian countries …

The southern regions of the prairie provinces, Alberta, in particular, are water short. Some areas are over …-allocated meaning that there is not enough water to satisfy all water rights. Increasing population and drier climate put greater stress … on water supplies. With so much attention paid to what we need to take out of watercourses we sometimes lose sight of …

The newly launched water futures market faces a serious illiquidity problem with scarce trading volume. We examine the … causes of the illiquidity based on the futures contract design literature and empirical analysis of spot water markets in the … western United States. The primary cause of illiquidity is a lack of effective hedging demand for water futures due to the …

Water policy experts contend that the United States is heading toward a water scarcity crisis in the coming years …. Global climate change is likely to make water scarcity much worse in the long run. This article argues that demands of … current and projected water management challenges can best be met through a greater reliance on water markets. To facilitate …

We evaluate the structural consequences of water availability scenarios in the Mediterranean, following a … multidisciplinary approach and a sequential modelling methodology. This includes an assessment of future water availability and a … by reduced water availability, generates negative consequences in terms of real income and welfare. The magnitude of the …

Virtual water trade refers to the implicit content of water in the production of goods and services. When trade is … undertaken, there is an implicit exchange of water. Furthermore, when water gets scarce, water intensive goods become more … expensive to produce and the economy compensates through higher water imports.This paper is about applying the concept of …

The paper examines the possibility of a water market in Brazil. The US market, probably the oldest and most well …-documented one, is initially analyzed. In the American West, over the past 140 years the so-called "water rights" can be sold or …, it is clear that the country does not have the problem of water availability that the American West has. On the other …