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Allocative Inefficiencies Resulting from Subsidies to Agricultural Electricity Use : An Illustrative Model

This paper provides an analytical discussion of several interconnected resource allocation problems from under-pricing of electricity used by farmers for groundwater extraction. In these situations, groundwater extraction is inefficiently high eve...

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Main Author: Strand, Jon
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ADVERSE EFFECTS
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL WATER
AGRICULTURE
AQUIFER
AQUIFERS
AVAILABILITY
BALANCE
BENCHMARK
BENCHMARKS
BOTTOM LINE
CONSTRUCTION
CONSUMER GROUPS
CONSUMERS
CONSUMPTION LEVELS
DECENTRALIZATION
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITY
ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY
EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT
EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS
ELECTRIC POWER
ELECTRICAL ENERGY
ELECTRICAL POWER
ELECTRICITY
ELECTRICITY CONSUMERS
ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION
ELECTRICITY COSTS
ELECTRICITY DELIVERY
ELECTRICITY OUTPUT
ELECTRICITY PRICE
ELECTRICITY PRICES
ELECTRICITY PRICING
ELECTRICITY SHARE
ELECTRICITY SUPPLIER
ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
ELECTRICITY USE
ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
EXTERNALITY
EXTRA PUMPING
FORMAL ANALYSIS
FUTURE RESEARCH
GROSS VALUE
GROUNDWATER
GROUNDWATER PUMPING
GROUNDWATER RESOURCES
GROUNDWATER TABLE
INEFFICIENCY
IRRIGATION
IRRIGATION WATER
MARGINAL COST
MARGINAL COST OF ELECTRICITY
MARGINAL COSTS
MARGINAL PRODUCT
MARGINAL UTILITY
MARGINAL VALUE
NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES
NEGATIVE EXTERNALITY
OPPORTUNITY COST
OPTIMIZATION
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POWER CONSUMPTION
POWER SECTOR
POWER UTILITIES
POWER UTILITY
PRICE OF ELECTRICITY
PUMP EFFICIENCY
PUMPING EQUIPMENT
PUMPS
RENT SEEKING
SUGAR CANE
SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY
SURFACE WATER
UTILITIES
UTILITY FUNCTION
UTILITY FUNCTIONS
VOLTAGE
WATER METERS
WATER SUPPLY
WELLS
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20120119134026
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3240

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http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20120119134026
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3240

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