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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Groundwater Entrepreneurs in China: Selling Water to Meet the Demand for Water
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| Autores: |
Zhang, Lijuan
Wang, Jinxia
Huang, Jikun
Rozelle, Scott
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| Data: |
2006-06-15
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| Ano: |
2006
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| Palavras-chave: |
Groundwater markets
Emergence
Characteristics
Determinants
Northern China
Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
O53
Q15
Q25
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| Resumo: |
The overall goal of our paper is to better understand the development of groundwater markets in northern China. In particular, we focus on the factors that determine the development of groundwater markets in our attempt to explain their 'breadth' and 'depth.' Based on a survey of 24 randomly sampled villages and 50 randomly sampled tubewells in two provinces (Hebei and Henan Province) in 2001 and a field survey of 68 randomly sampled villages in 4 provinces (Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, and Shaanxi) of northern China in 2004, our results show that groundwater markets in northern China have emerged and are developing rapidly. Our results show that groundwater markets in northern China are informal and localized. The markets have developed in a way in which they appear somewhat similar to markets that are found in South Asia. However, groundwater markets differ from markets in South Asia in other wayswater sellers discriminate in pricing and they almost always work on a spot-market, cash basis (that is, there are no share or labor sharing arrangements as found in South Asia). Econometric results show that the privatization of tubewells is one of the most important driving factors that encourage the development of groundwater markets. Increasing water and land scarcity are also major determinants that induce the development of groundwater markets.
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| Tipo: |
Conference Paper or Presentation
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
22520
http://purl.umn.edu/25605
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
International Association of Agricultural Economists>2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia
Contributed Paper
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| Formato: |
17
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