Nauges, Céline, Wheeler, Sarah Ann and Zuo, Alec (2016) Elicitation of irrigators’ risk preferences from observed behaviour. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 60 (3). pp. 442-458.

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Identification Number : 10.1111/1467-8489.12134

Abstract

Water trading in the Murray–Darling Basin of Australia has developed to the point where it is a common adaptation tool used by irrigators, making it an apt case study to elicit the marginal value of irrigation water and irrigators' risk preferences in two key industries with differing levels of water dependence. Our data come from large-scale and representative surveys of irrigated broadacre and horticultural farms in the Murray–Darling Basin over a 6-year period. The marginal contribution of irrigation water to profit is estimated at $547 and $61/ML on average in horticulture and broadacre, respectively. Horticultural irrigators are found to be averse to the risk of large losses (downside risk) while broadacre irrigators are averse to the variability (variance) of profit.

Item Type: Article
Language: English
Date: July 2016
Refereed: Yes
Subjects: B- ECONOMIE ET FINANCE
Divisions: TSE-R (Toulouse)
Site: UT1
Date Deposited: 26 Apr 2016 14:03
Last Modified: 02 Apr 2021 15:50
OAI Identifier: oai:tse-fr.eu:29955
URI: https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/19151
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