Author, as appears in the article.: Llop M, Ponce-Alifonso X

Department: Economia

e-ISSN: 2073-4441

URV's Author/s: Llop Llop, Maria / Ponce Alifonso, Francisco Javier

Keywords: Water policy Economic impact Computable general equilibrium model Agricultural technological change

Abstract: This paper analyzes two of the main challenges facing agriculture in Europe: technological changes and the application of the principle of cost recovery to water services. Our study takes into account the economic, social, and ecological consequences associated with these measures. Specifically, we consider the effects of these two situations not only on water consumption, but also on environmental, social, and economic indicators. Our study also includes two institutional scenarios involving the possibility or impossibility of performing transactions in formal water markets. By using a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model for the economy of Catalonia, a region located in Northeastern Spain, our results suggest that institutions related with water markets matter in terms of the effects that agricultural policies cause on water resources. They also suggest that greater economic efficiency is not necessarily optimal if we consider social or environmental criteria.

Research group: Research Centre on Industrial and Public Economics (CREIP)

Thematic Areas: Water science and technology Water resources Interdisciplinar Geography, planning and development Geografía Geociências Fluid flow and transfer processes Environmental sciences Engenharias iii Engenharias i Ciencias sociales Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Biochemistry Aquatic science

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

ISSN: 03100367

Author's mail: maria.llop@urv.cat xavier.ponce@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0001-6609-7528 0000-0001-6462-0004

Paper data publication: 2016-2-19

Record's date: 2023-02-18

Journal volume: 8

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/water

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: Water. 8 (2):

APA: Llop M, Ponce-Alifonso X (2016). Water and Agriculture in a Mediterranean Region: The Search for a Sustainable Water Policy Strategy. Water, 8(2), -. DOI: 10.3390/w8020066

Article's DOI: 10.3390/w8020066

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2016

Publication Type: Journal Publications