Banerji, A.; Khanna, Gauri; Meenakshi, J.V. - Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics - 2006
This paper analyzes the institutions and markets that govern groundwater allocation in the sugarcane belt of Uttar Pradesh, India, using primary, plot-level data from a village which shares the typical features of this region. Electricity powers tubewell pumps, and its erratic supply translates...