Water Economics and Policy (WEP)

2015 - 2026

Current editor(s): Ariel Dinar

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Volume 12, issue 03, 2026

Assessment of Drought Impacts in the Ebro Basin Using Hydro-Economic Modeling and Copula-Based Water Availability Simulations pp. 1-37

Daniel Crespo, Taher Kahil, Jose Albiac, Franziska Gaupp and Encarna Esteban

Policy Note: Navigating Complexity — Multisectoral Models for Ecologically Sustainable Water Management in a Changing World and Climate pp. 1-21

Ignacio Cazcarro

Book Review — Droughts in Chile: Impacts, Monitoring, and Adaptation (Management) Policies pp. 1-3

Lisandro Roco

Sustainable Management of Agricultural Water Resources: Applying Water Footprint Theory to an Arid Inland Region in Northwest China pp. 1-32

Wei Liu, Xingang Xu, Muhammad Arsalan Farid, Hui Yong and Xiaojun Zhi

Governing Water Transitions in China: Evidence, Policy Experiments and Future Directions in Water Economics and Policy pp. 1-41

Zhanhong Wan and Wanhao Zhang

The Water Requirements to Feed a Megacity: Explorations for Mexico City with a Multi-regional Input–Output Database pp. 1-25

Carlos A. López Morales

Sustainability of Intensive Agri-Food Systems: A Socio-Economic and WEF Nexus Perspective from Southeast Spain pp. 1-25

Víctor Correa-Porcel, Laura Piedra-Muñoz and Emilio Galdeano-Gómez

Forest Management for Water Stress Mitigation under Climate Change: An Economy-Wide Approach pp. 1-35

Iban Ortuzar, Àngels Xabadia and Javier Zabalza

Blue Water Footprint Across EU Households: Technology and Consumer Behavior as Main Drivers pp. 1-26

Sara Miranda-Buetas, Rosa Duarte and Cristina Sarasa

Editorial — Special Issue on Integrated Approaches for Water Management: Multisectoral Models and Applications pp. 1-10

Ana Serrano and Angels Xabadia

Volume 12, issue 02, 2026

Book Review — Confronting Water Insecurity: Global Institutions and the Transformation of Water Science, Policy, and Practice pp. 1-5

Oluwatosin A. Olofinsao

Editorial: Special Issue on Water Economics and Policy Challenges in Latin America pp. 1-10

Felipe Vásquez-Lavín

Policy Nook — Policy Note: Challenges and Approaches to Drought Management in Latin America pp. 1-11

Guillermo Donoso, Daniela Rivera, Jairo Paizano-Potoy and Julia Urquijo-Reguera

Herding Behavior in Household Water Storage: A Spatial Analysis of Guatemala City pp. 1-35

William F. Vásquez, Benjamin Leiva, Anna-Maria Aksan and George Van Houtven

The Impact of Water Availability and Pollution on Economic Growth at the Sub-National Level: Evidence from Mexico pp. 1-26

Rodrigo Navarro-Guerrero, Triga Alicia Dávila-Sandoval and Edgar Demetrio Tovar-García

Price Elasticity of the Residential Water Demand in Latin America: Empirical Analysis for Chile, Colombia, and Peru pp. 1-29

Alejandra Chovar Vera, Felipe Vásquez-Lavín, Iván Lucich, Jackeline Lucero, Sergio Orrego and Mauricio Leiva

Tourists’ Willingness to Donate to Improve Local Water Services: A Contingent Valuation Study from San Andrés Island, Colombia pp. 1-24

William F. Vásquez, Helen E. Vasquez Ramos, Paola Rodríguez-Estupinan, Juan David Osorio-Cano and Valeria Ochoa-Herrera

Discrete Choice Experiments in Water Resource Management and the Environment: Narrative Review and Econometric Meta-Analysis pp. 1-34

Phoebe Koundouri, Conrad Felix Michel Landis and Laura Onofri

Water Security and Multi-Sector Trade-Offs Under Climate Change: A Hydro-Economic Model for the Biobío River Basin, Chile pp. 1-33

Francisco Fernández Jorquera, Esteban Arias Montevechio, María Victoria Ferrera Cordero, Mauricio Leiva, Pablo S. González and José Ignacio Hernández

Volume 12, issue 01, 2026

Role of Virtual Water from the Perspective of Generalized Trade pp. 1-26

Kexin Wang and Yong Liu

Water Resources Management: Innovative and Green Solutions, By Robert C. Brears, Second edition, De Gruyter, 2024. ISBN 978-3111028071 pp. 1-4

Mohammad Mashiur Rahman

The Impact of Green Finance Reform on Industrial Water Pollution: Evidence from Innovation Pilot Zones in China pp. 1-25

Weizhe Feng, Bingnan Guo and Yisha Yu

Policy Note: Advancing Water Policy in Europe: Addressing Challenges in the Southeast Mediterranean within the Water Futures Project pp. 1-13

Phoebe Koundouri, Ebun Akinsete, Angelos Alamanos, Roy Brouwer, Sofia Frantzi, Conrad Landis, Lydia Papadaki, Hezal Dilan Sari and Theofanis Zacharatos

Editorial — Special Issue on Innovations in Water Consumption Economics: Toward Sustainable Practices (Part 2) pp. 1-8

Zhanhong Wan

Impact of Digital Inclusive Finance on Carbon Emissions under the Dual-Carbon Goal: Evidence from Nine Regions in the Yellow River basin of China pp. 1-33

Jie Kang, Shu-Yu Duan, Shu-Xi Yan, Shao-Ying Xue, You-Hui Li, Nan Li, Meng-Xi Wei and Guang-Hui Liu

Agent-Based Modeling in Water Resources Management: A Literature Review and Research Agenda pp. 1-24

Hang Xiong, Lingyue Li, Pingping Lai and Bowen Yang

Frontier and Hot Topics in Watershed Ecological Compensation Based on Bibliometric Visualization Analysis pp. 1-22

Ren Junlin, Duan Zihan, Li Xinyue, Bie Xiao, Zhang Qiushi and Peng Ziqian

How Groundwater Extraction is Determined in Crop Production? — An Empirical Study in a Coastal District of Odisha pp. 1-34

Arpita Das, Mohanasundari Thangavel, Mitali Chinara and Bidur Paria

Volume 11, issue 04, 2025

Droughts, Drought Mitigation Policy and Income Concentration Among Agricultural Producers. The Case of Chile pp. 1-29

Rodrigo Pérez-Silva and Mayarí Castillo

Policy Nook — Policy Note: Tough Tradeoffs in the Colorado River Basin pp. 1-18

Bonnie Colby, Kristiana Hansen and Kathryn Sorensen

Public Approval of Water Concessions Policy in Japan: A Probit Model Analysis of Key Influencing Factors pp. 1-23

Shumpei Harada and Toshihiro Watanabe

Editorial: Volume 11 Issue 4 (December 2025) pp. 1-5

Karina Schoengold

Book Review — Groundwater Management in India: Physical, Institutional and Policy Alternatives (Second Revised Edition) pp. 1-4

D. Harshanee Jayasekera and Jude Cobbing

Assessing the Efficiency of Industrial Water Use and Wastewater Treatment Across Provinces in China After Considering the Impact of Precipitation pp. 1-35

Li Ji, Shigui Tao, Jiawei Liu, Yanan Sun and Yung-Ho Chiu

Diagnostic and Evolutionary Models for Spatial Equilibrium Allocation Schemes of Transboundary Water Resources pp. 1-43

Xiaoyuan Wu, Changxin Xu, Wei Wang and Xiaoyu Wang

Review Paper — Economics and Policy of Point-Nonpoint Source Water Pollution Trading Programs pp. 1-43

Richard D. Horan, James Shortle and Carson Reeling

Improving the Water Services and Utilities Cost Efficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 1-43

Gabriela Mundaca

Volume 11, issue 03, 2025

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

Zhanhong Wan

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

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

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

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

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

Nahid Samimi

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

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

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

Volume 11, issue 02, 2025

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

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

Casey Wichman

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

Stefanos Xenarios, Ethan Y. Edwards and Joost Buurman

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

Yinan Dong and Elena Lazareva

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

Djiby Thiam

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

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

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

Volume 11, issue 01, 2025

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

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

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

Rodrigo Salcedo Du Bois

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

Astrid Dannenberg

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

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

Benjamin Ouvrard, Arnaud Reynaud and Murudaiah Sivamurthy

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

Anabela Botelho

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

Judith Avrahami, David V. Budescu and Yaakov Kareev

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

Edgar Tellez Foster