Economic Efficiency and Property Rights Issues in the Management of Rural Water

C.M. Alaouze and Stephen Whelan ()

Working Papers from New South Wales - School of Economics

Abstract: In Australia, the state water Acts and related legislation determine the broad outline of property rights governing the water entitlements of irrigators and rural towns. Thus, these water rights may be described as state property regimes (Bromley 1991, p. 23). Irrigators, however, operate in a private sector environment where adaptability to climatic and market, forces is necessary for the maintenance of profitability. We critically assess the pricing, reliability and intertemporal characteristics of water rights in the major irrigation districts of Victoria and NSW.

Keywords: WATER; MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K30 Q25 Q29 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 1996
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