Journal article
Rethinking the economics of water: an assessment
Abstract
Abstract Water is rising on the policy agenda as population growth and climate change intensify scarcity, shocks, and access inequalities. The conventional economic policy recommendations—privatization, pricing, and property rights—have struggled due to a failure to account adequately for the politics of water and the associated distributional conflicts. We identify distinctive social and physical characteristics of water supply and demand, and …
Authors
Garrick DE; Hanemann M; Hepburn C
Journal
Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 1–23
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
January 6, 2020
DOI
10.1093/oxrep/grz035
ISSN
0266-903X