Assessing the Macroeconomic Impact of Water Supply Restrictions Through an Input–Output Analysis

Jaume Freire-González

Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), 2011, vol. 25, issue 9, 2335-2347

Abstract: Water supply restrictions due to droughts generate significant costs to many economic agents. Although these costs are difficult to assess, this article presents a methodology to quantify, from a general equilibrium perspective, the macroeconomic impact of water supply restrictions through the estimation of aggregate production functions that include water consumption by sectors. Simulations with an Input–output model suggest a loss of 0.34% of GDP in the case of modest restrictions on the water supply and 2.8% in the case of more extreme restrictions for 2005 for the Catalonia region in Spain. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011

Keywords: Input–output analysis; Water scarcity; Aggregate production functions; Water restrictions; Macroeconomic impact (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1007/s11269-011-9811-4

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