Groundwater management and illegality in a differential-evolutionary framework

Marta Biancardi, Gianluca Iannucci and Giovanni Villani ()
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Marta Biancardi: University of Bari
Gianluca Iannucci: University of Firenze
Giovanni Villani: University of Bari

Computational Management Science, 2023, vol. 20, issue 1, No 16, 17 pages

Abstract: Abstract It is estimated that half of all the water extracted, both in developed and developing countries, is unauthorized. This phenomenon makes the management of a groundwater even more difficult to avoid over-exploitation. To study the interaction between farmers, that could be compliant and non-compliant, and a water agency, we built a leader-follower differential game. However, we assumed that the water agency does not know neither ex-ante nor ex-post the number of compliant farmers. After illustrating the results of the dynamic game through numerical simulation using the Western La Mancha (Spain) data, we endogenize the types’ choice in an evolutionary context. Finally, we perform comparative dynamics in the steady state to understand the role of the sanction to counter illegal behaviors.

Keywords: Groundwater management; Unauthorized water extraction; Illegal behaviors; Leader-follower differential game; Replicator dynamics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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