Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-2008

Journal Title

InDret

ISSN

1698-739X

Abstract

En España, como en otros muchos países, el agua es un recurso escaso que se asigna ineficientemente. El Estado es su propietario y la asigna a precios políticos e inadecuados. Mientras que la agricultura absorbe dos tercios de este preciado bien, los hogares y la industria consumen sólo el 18 y el 13 % respectivamente. Este trabajo propone la creación de un mercado de derechos sobre el agua controlado por una agencia estatal, pues los costes de transacción son tan elevados que el resultado alcanzado a través de la negociación libre entre las partes no sería eficiente.

In Spain, as in many other countries, water is a scarce resource whose allocation is not always efficient. The State is vested with powers to price its uses, which it does mostly inadequately. Agriculture uses account for two thirds of the consumption of this valuable good; whereas, households and industry only consume 18 and 13 % respectively. This paper proposes the introduction of a market of rights over water controlled by a public body, since transaction costs are so high that the result achieved by the free negotiation of the parties would not be efficient.

First Page

1

Last Page

21

Num Pages

21

Volume Number

2008

Issue Number

3

Publisher

Universitat Pompeu Fabra

File Type

PDF

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