SLIPPAGE IN FORECASTING IRRIGATION WATER DEMAND: AN APPLICATION TO THE GEORGIA FLINT RIVER BASIN

Irfan Y. Tareen, Lewell F. Gunter, Jimmy Bramblett and Michael E. Wetzstein

No 19852, 2002 Annual meeting, July 28-31, Long Beach, CA from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: This study identifies the presence of slippage and the pitfalls associated with not considering economic substitution and expansion effects in measuring changes in water demand. Based on estimates from the Georgia Flint River Basin, the analysis indicates a 13% slippage caused by disregarding the role of economic determinants.

Keywords: Resource/Energy; Economics; and; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30
Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.19852

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