Ambec, Stefan, Dinar, Ariel
and McKinney, Daene
(2011)
Fixed Water Sharing Agreements Sustainable to Drought.
LERNA Working Paper, n. 11.19.353
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Abstract
By signing a fixed water sharing agreement (FWSA), countries voluntarily commit to release a fixed amount of river water in exchange for an agreed compensation. We examine the vulnerability of such commitments to reduced water ows. Among all FWSAs that are acceptable to riparian countries, we find out the one which is sustainable to the most severe
drought scenarios. The so-called upstream incremental FWSA assigns to each country its marginal contribution to its followers in the river. Its mirror image, the downstream incremental FWSA, is not sustainable to reduced ow at the source. We apply our analysis to the Aral Sea basin agreement.
Item Type: | Monograph (Working Paper) |
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Language: | English |
Date: | October 2011 |
JEL Classification: | D74 - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances Q25 - Water Q28 - Government Policy Q54 - Climate; Natural Disasters |
Subjects: | B- ECONOMIE ET FINANCE |
Divisions: | TSE-R (Toulouse) |
Site: | UT1 |
Date Deposited: | 18 Jan 2012 05:45 |
Last Modified: | 02 Apr 2021 15:33 |
OAI Identifier: | oai:tse-fr.eu:25130 |
URI: | https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/963 |