Asymmetric Nash Solutions in the River Sharing Problem

Harold Houba, Gerard van der Laan and Yuyu Zeng
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Harold Houba: VU University Amsterdam
Yuyu Zeng: VU University Amsterdam

No 13-051/II, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers from Tinbergen Institute

Abstract: This discussion paper resulted in a publication in Strategic Behavior and the Environment , 2014, 4, 321-360.

We study multiple agents along a general river structure that is expressed by a geography matrix and who have access to limited local resources, quasi-linear preferences over water and money and cost functions dependent upon river inflow and own extraction. Unanimity bargaining determines the water allocation and monetary transfers. We translate International Water Law into either disagreement outcomes or individual aspiration levels. In the former case, we apply the asymmetric Nash bargaining solution, in the latter case the agents have to compromise in order to agree and we apply the asymmetric Nash rationing solution. In both cases the optimization problem is separable into two subproblems: the efficient water allocation that maximizes utilitarian welfare given the geography matrix; and the determination of the monetary transfers associated with the weights. We show that the Nash rationing solution may result in nonparticipation, therefore we generalize to the case with participation constraints.

Keywords: River Basin Management; International Water Law; Negotiations; Externalities; Political Economy of Property Rights (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C70 D60 Q53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-04-02
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