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Monopoly Power and Distribution in Fragmented Markets : The Case of Groundwater

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dc.contributor.authorJacoby, Hanan G.
dc.contributor.authorMurgai, Rinku
dc.contributor.authorRehman, Saeed Ur
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-21T20:08:55Z
dc.date.available2014-08-21T20:08:55Z
dc.date.issued2001-06
dc.description.abstractUsing data from Pakistan's Punjab, the authors examine monopoly power in the market for groundwater - irrigation water extracted using private tubewells - a market characterized by barriers to entry and spatial fragmentation. Simple theory predicts that tubewell owners should price-discriminate in favor of their own share tenants. And this analysis of individual groundwater transactions over an 18-month period confirms such price discrimination. And among those studied, tubewell owners and their tenants use considerably more groundwater on their plots than do other farmers. The authors also provide evidence that monopoly pricing of groundwater leads to compensating - albeit small - reallocations of canal water, which farmers exchange in a separate informal market. Despite the substantial misallocation of groundwater, a welfare analysis show that monopoly pricing has limited effects on equity and efficiency. In the long run, a policy aimed at eliminating monopoly pricing would do little to help the poorest farmers.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/06/1490132/monopoly-power-distribution-fragmented-markets-case-groundwater
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2628
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/19602
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 2628
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectBORE HOLE
dc.subjectCANAL CLOSURE
dc.subjectCANAL IRRIGATION
dc.subjectCANAL WATER
dc.subjectCANALS
dc.subjectCHANNEL
dc.subjectCHANNELS
dc.subjectCONVEYING
dc.subjectCROP YIELDS
dc.subjectCULTIVATED AREA
dc.subjectDEMAND FOR WATER
dc.subjectDISCHARGE
dc.subjectDROUGHT
dc.subjectEXPORT
dc.subjectFARMERS
dc.subjectFARMING
dc.subjectGROUNDWATER
dc.subjectGROUNDWATER COSTS
dc.subjectGROUNDWATER EXTRACTION
dc.subjectGROUNDWATER MARKET
dc.subjectGROUNDWATER PRICES
dc.subjectGROUNDWATER PUMPING
dc.subjectGROUNDWATER USE
dc.subjectIRRIGATION
dc.subjectIRRIGATION WATER
dc.subjectMONOPOLY POWER
dc.subjectPEAK DEMAND PERIODS
dc.subjectPEAK-LOAD PRICING
dc.subjectPRICE DISCRIMINATION
dc.subjectRAINFALL
dc.subjectRESERVOIRS
dc.subjectRIVERS
dc.subjectSEEPAGE
dc.subjectWATER ALLOCATION
dc.subjectWATER AVAILABILITY
dc.subjectWATER DELIVERIES
dc.subjectWATER DEMAND
dc.subjectWATER FLOW
dc.subjectWATER MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectWATER MARKETS
dc.subjectWATER QUALITY
dc.subjectWATER SUPPLIES
dc.subjectWATER VOLUME
dc.subjectWATERCOURSES
dc.titleMonopoly Power and Distribution in Fragmented Markets : The Case of Groundwateren
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okr.crossref.titleMonopoly Power and Distribution in Fragmented Markets: The Case of Groundwater
okr.date.disclosure2001-06-30
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T07:23:08.583073Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/06/1490132/monopoly-power-distribution-fragmented-markets-case-groundwater
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.globalpracticeWater
okr.guid962741468759556335
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2628
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000094946_01071704024586
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum1490132
okr.identifier.reportWPS2628
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2001/07/27/000094946_01071704024586/Rendered/PDF/multi0page.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryPakistan
okr.sectorRural Water Supply & Sanitation
okr.sectorWater, sanitation and flood protection
okr.topicWater Resources::Water and Industry
okr.topicWater Resources::Drought Management
okr.topicEnvironmental Economics and Policies
okr.topicWater Supply and Sanitation::Water Supply and Systems
okr.topicWater Resources::Water Use
okr.topicWater Supply and Sanitation::Water Supply and Sanitation Governance and Institutions
okr.topicLaw and Development::Water Resources Law
okr.topicWater Resources::Water Conservation
okr.unitRural Development, Development Research Group
okr.volume1
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