Multicriteria Modelling of Irrigation Water Market at Basin Level

José A. Gómez-Limón () and Yolanda Martínez Martínez ()
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José A. Gómez-Limón: Universidad de Valladolid, http://www.uva.es/
Yolanda Martínez Martínez: Universidad de Zaragoza, http://www.unizar.es/

No E2004/26, Economic Working Papers at Centro de Estudios Andaluces from Centro de Estudios Andaluces

Abstract: This paper develops a multi-criteria methodology to simulate irrigation water markets at basin level. For this purpose it is assumed that irrigators try to optimise personal multi-attribute utility functions via their productive decision making process (crop mix), subject to a set of constraints based upon the structural features of their farms. In this sense, farmers with homogeneous behaviour regarding water use have been grouped, such groups being established as .types. to be considered in the whole water market simulation model. This model calculates the equilibrium through a solution that maximises aggregate welfare, which is quantified as the sum of the multi-attribute utilities reached by each of the participating agents. This methodology has been empirically applied for the Duero Basin (Northern Spain), finding that the implementation of this institution would increase economic efficiency and agricultural labour demand, particularly during droughts.

Keywords: Water markets; Multi-Attribute Utility Theory; Irrigation water; Duero Valley (Spain). (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C61 Q15 Q25 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 pages
Date: 2004
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