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A Comparative Assessment of Water Markets: Insights from the Murray-Darling Basin of Australia and the Western US
2011
Social Science Research Network
Water markets in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin (MDB) and the US west are compared in terms of their ability to allocate scarce water resources. The study finds that the gains from trade in the MDB are worth hundreds of millions of dollars per year. Total market turnover in water rights exceeds $2 billion per year while the volume of trade exceeds over 20% of surface water extractions. In Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, and Texas, trades of committed water annually range between 5% and
doi:10.2139/ssrn.1858723
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