Water Economics and Policy (WEP)

2015 - 2025

Current editor(s): Ariel Dinar

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Volume 11, issue 03, 2025

Book Review — Water Policy in New Caledonia: Participative Co-building of Water Governance in a Decolonization Process pp. 1-3

Nahid Samimi

A Study on the Impact of Water Resource Tax on Urban Water Ecological Resilience pp. 1-27

Bingnan Guo, Peiji Hu and Ji Lin

Economic Analysis of Household Water Consumption and Wasteful Behavior in Greater Jakarta, Indonesia pp. 1-27

Deni Lubis, Alla Asmara, Mohammad Iqbal Irfany, Khalifah Muhamad Ali, Marhamah Muthohharoh, Daffa Aqomal Haq, Taufiqurahman Ali and Syifa Izzati Anzania Putri

Review Paper — Recent Advances in Water-Related Policies and their Performance in China: Effectiveness, Efficiency and Welfare Distribution pp. 1-57

Jinxia Wang, Ruoying Mei and Wei Chao

Editorial — Special Issue on Innovations in Water Consumption Economics: Toward Sustainable Practices (Part 1) pp. 1-14

Zhanhong Wan

Water Resource Tax Reform Promotes the Green Transformation of Resource-Based Cities in the Yellow River Basin pp. 1-31

Xiaoying Ju, Qiongyun Liang and Peng Yao

Policy Nook — Policy Note: Making Water Pivotal in the Design of Food Systems pp. 1-17

Petra Hellegers, Petra Schmitter, Amal Talbi and Coen van Iwaarden

Influencing Mechanisms of Changes to Agricultural Water Use in the Yellow River Basin: The Case of Wuwei City, China pp. 1-18

Hong Lv, Shu Li, Dengming Yan, Zheng Xiaokang and Wenxiu Shang

Spillover Effects of Environmental Regulations on Water Use Efficiency: A Case Study of the Yellow River Basin in China pp. 1-33

Yuze Zhang, Yuqing Liu and Chuanyu Xu

Navigating Water Sustainability: Evolutionary Game Analysis of Cross-Sectoral Collaborative Governance in China pp. 1-28

Haojie Wu, Yana Lu, Cheng Zhou and Wanhao Zhang

Volume 11, issue 02, 2025

The Economics of Equity and Affordability in Residential Water Pricing pp. 1-29

Casey Wichman

Economic Impact of Urban River Restoration on Resident Life Satisfaction pp. 1-31

Yinan Dong and Elena Lazareva

Policy Note: Crafting Binational Groundwater Agreements: Preconditions for Progress Along the Mexico-U.S. Boundary pp. 1-11

Stephen Mumme, Sharon B. Megdal, Rosario Sanchez, Holly Brause, Roberto Salmón, Elia Tapia-Villaseñor, Oscar Ibáñez, Carlos de la Parra and Mary-Belle Cruz Ayala

Understanding Factors Affecting Non-Payment Behavior Among Rural Water Users in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: An Application of Structural Equation Modeling pp. 1-24

Ruben Jimenez-Redal, German Arana-Landín, Beñat Landeta-Manzano and Naiara Uriarte-Gallastegi

Book Review: Science Be Dammed: How Ignoring Inconvenient Science Drained the Colorado River pp. 1-5

Kurt Schwabe

Are Water Indices Cointegrated with the World Water Markets? Evidence Based on an ARDL Bounds Testing Approach pp. 1-44

Rajibur Reza, Gurudeo Anand Tularam and Bin Li

Water Tariffs and Affordability in Urban Water Supply and Wastewater Systems pp. 1-33

Stefanos Xenarios, Ethan Y. Edwards and Joost Buurman

Estimating the Efficiency of China’s Circular Economy Using an Entropy Approach pp. 1-50

Li Yang, Yung-ho Chiu, Shiying Chen, Tzu-Han Chang and Ying Wang

Editorial: Volume 11 Issue 2 (June 2025) pp. 1-8

Djiby Thiam

Volume 11, issue 01, 2025

Dynamic Decision-Making in Common-Pool Resource Economic Experiments: Behavioral Heterogeneity in the Field and the Lab pp. 1-92

Rodrigo Salcedo Du Bois

Reverse Contests as a Means to Reduce Polluting Activity pp. 1-37

Judith Avrahami, David V. Budescu and Yaakov Kareev

Distributive Preferences and Fair Water Sharing Among Farmers in India pp. 1-35

Benjamin Ouvrard, Arnaud Reynaud and Murudaiah Sivamurthy

In Remembrance of Amnon Rapoport: An Extraordinary Behavioralist and Great Mentor pp. 1-3

Edgar Tellez Foster

Social Learning Through Water Games in the Field pp. 1-48

Adriana Bernal-Escobar, Juan-Camilo Cárdenas, Laia Domenech, Ruth Meinzen-Dick and Paula J. Sarmiento

Book Review — Water Resources Allocation and Agriculture: Transitioning from Open to Regulated Access pp. 1-5

Ariel Dinar

Review Paper — Assessing the Economic Implications of Land Subsidence pp. 1-20

Kelly M. Cobourn

Does Modernization of Irrigation Infrastructure Create Mental Accounts? Insights from an Exploratory Experiment with Spanish Water User Associations pp. 1-28

Patrick Hoffmann and Sergio Villamayor-Tomas

Ecological Influences on Informal Property Rights: Experimental Evidence pp. 1-28

Erik Kimbrough

Policy Nook — Policy Note: The Role of Experimental Economics in Designing and Evaluating Climate Policy pp. 1-13

Astrid Dannenberg

Editorial Note: Use of Experimental Economics to Address Challenges in Water, Natural Resources, and the Environment pp. 1-9

Anabela Botelho

Volume 10, issue 04, 2024

Understanding the Water-Energy Nexus at the Private Household Level: An Economic Perspective pp. 1-43

Yuanzao Zhu, Christian Klassert, Bernd Klauer and Erik Gawel

Book Review — Tapping Technologies: The Role of Technological Change in Transboundary Water Management1 pp. 1-7

Ariel Dinar

The Determinants of Household Water Demand: A Focus on Water, Energy, and Food Prices pp. 1-54

Thomas van Huyssteen, Djiby Thiam and Sanderine Nonhebel

Hydroeconomic Analysis: History, Status, and Possibilities pp. 1-83

Frank A. Ward

Carrying Capacity of Water Environment and the Associated Optimization of Socioeconomic Structure of Yangzong Lake Basin, China pp. 1-18

Wanbin Wang, Yan Liu, Haifeng Jia, Tangzhen Guan, Xingzi Zhang, Yuexiong Liu and Sen Li

Cannabis Home Cultivation and Residential Water Use: Evidence from New Mexico pp. 1-38

Sarah Stith and Swarup Paudel

Multi-Objective Crop and Livestock Allocation Modeling (MOCLAM) for Sustainable Agriculture: A Case Study of Semi-Arid India pp. 1-33

Prem Chand, Rajni Jain, Suresh Pal and Priyanka Agarwal

Policy Note: Investigating Corruption in the Water Sector: An Interview with Lance Williams, California Investigative Reporter pp. 1-9

Dale Whittington

Editorial — Volume 10 Issue 4 (December 2024) pp. 1-9

Jinxia Wang

Volume 10, issue 03, 2024

Water and Economic Growth in Developed and Developing Countries pp. 1-24

Edward Barbier

The Impact of a Coastal Water Quality Policy in South Korea: Evidence from the Total Pollution Load Management Program pp. 1-37

Tae-Hyun Kim

Book Review — Water Policy in Pakistan: Issues and Options pp. 1-5

Ariel Dinar

Editorial — Volume 10 Issue 3 (September 2024) pp. 1-6

Ariel Dinar

Economic Impact of the Drought in Spain: Measurement for the Adoption of Measures pp. 1-27

Paula Villegas, Manuel Alejandro Cardenete and L. Dary Beltran

Investigating Economic and Climate Signals in Groundwater Data pp. 1-32

Mekha Pereira, Zoey Reed-Spitzer, Laura Condon and Bonnie Colby

Spatiotemporal Evolution and Prediction of the Water Ecological Footprint in Chinese Super-megacities pp. 1-44

Yawei He, Huaxin Zhang, Xinran Liu and Haiying Liu

Policy Note: Government Linked Companies (GLCs) as Investors in Water Sector in China: Implications for Public–Private Partnership (PPP) pp. 1-13

Xiaoting Zheng and Xun Wu

Does Residents’ Perception of Information Influence the Implementation Effect of Increasing-Block Water Pricing Policy? pp. 1-30

Guoji Zhang, Huaqing Wu, Yezheng Liu, Xin Chen and Pingfan Song

Volume 10, issue 02, 2024

Review Paper: A Quarter of a Century of the European Water Framework Directive — The Slow Path Towards Sustainable Water Management pp. 1-23

Jose Albiac, Elena Calvo and Encarna Esteban

Policy Note: Mental Accounts and Water Prices pp. 1-10

Ching Leong

Editorial: Volume 10 Issue 2 (June 2024) pp. 1-7

George Frisvold

Book Review — A Transboundary Water Management that Works: Review of the Book Border Water by Steve Mumme pp. 1-5

Nicolás Pineda-Pablos

Assessment of the Economic Consequences of Riverbank Erosion: The Case of the South Morava River, Serbia pp. 1-24

Marko Langović, Svetlana Popović, Slavoljub Dragićević, Žaklina Stojanović and Emilija Manić

Comparing Flood Damages to an Industrial Region in Turkey Using Several Methods pp. 1-26

Pınar Spor and Emrah Doğan

A Grave Concern: Water-Intensive Crops and Subsidized Electricity Amplifying Groundwater Depletion in India pp. 1-34

Harish Sahu and Kalandi Charan Pradhan

Groundwater Extraction for Irrigation Purposes: The Case of Asymmetric Players pp. 1-34

Valeriia Chukaeva, Julia de Frutos Cachorro and Jesús Marín-Solano

Water Footprint Flow and Vulnerability of China’s Provincial Energy Sector pp. 1-35

Han Sun, Zhenghao Meng, Lu Chen, Xiaohui Yang and Shan Ni

Volume 10, issue 01, 2024

Does the Value of Water-Related Ecosystem Services Capture Water Scarcity? Application to Rice Farming in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam? pp. 1-37

Nguyen H. D. My, Nguyen Duc Kien, Pham Xuan Hung and Le Thi Quynh Anh

Reflection on the 10th Anniversary of the Journal Water Economics and Policy (WEP) pp. 1-2

Ariel Dinar, George Frisvold, Renan Goetz, Jonas Luckmann, Jinxia Wang, Maura Allaire, Karina Schoengold and Yulin Jiang

Can Knowledge, Responsibility and Environmentalism Explain Preference Heterogeneity? A Latent-Class Probit Model Analysis for Plastic Pollution Abatement pp. 1-31

Emmanouil Tyllianakis

Editorial — Volume 10 Issue 1 (March 2024) pp. 1-7

Jonas Luckmann

Economic Benefits from Restoration Actions in Coastal Communities pp. 1-21

Richard Melstrom and Jillian Hyink

Book Review – Handbook on the Economics of Disasters pp. 1-3

Zhenhang Cai and Galen Newman

Does Water Resource Fee to Tax Policy Help Reduce Water Pollution in China? pp. 1-35

Jiangyuan Li, Tao Ding and Liang Liang

Willingness to Pay for Ancillary Water Service Improvements in Puerto Rico pp. 1-26

Héctor Tavárez and Levan Elbakidze

Policy Note: Why Irrigation Water Pricing is Difficult pp. 1-8

Petra Hellegers and Brian Davidson