Trading Water: Market Extension, Social Improvement, or What?

James A. Swaney

Journal of Economic Issues, 1988, vol. 22, issue 1, 33-47

Abstract: This article reviews neoclassical, environmentalist, and institutionalist perspectives on the emerging institutional adjustments commonly referred to as water trading or water marketing. Although a holistic analysis of these emerging institutional reforms would be far more comprehensive and detailed, this article seeks only to provide an institutionalist perspective that may benefit more comprehensive research. As such, analysis of new sources of water supply, of specific water conservation measures, and of attitudes regarding water are largely neglected. Water trading is merely assessed in the context of the evolving legal structure and the existing, limited water supply in the American West, particularly California. The conclusion is that water trading, if properly administered, can generally benefit involved parties without widespread social costs and without jeopardizing social control.

Date: 1988
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DOI: 10.1080/00213624.1988.11504732

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